How To Grow Your Business
Sep 04, 2023
"Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness."
--John Maxwell
I learned this the hard way when I was the CEO of a non-profit. When I stopped growing my leadership skills, the organization stopped growing...period.
We are either growing or dying, there's no middle ground.
The Law of the Lid is explained in the first chapter of John's book, "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership." Essentially, there is a lid on a person's leadership ability and this lid determines his level of effectiveness. The lower a person's ability to lead, the lower the lid on his leadership ability, and the lower his effectiveness. This is shown in the charts from the book below.
The chart on the left shows a competent or productive person without leadership skills. This person can work very hard to increase his or her dedication to success through sheer effort. Effectiveness may increase, say 25%. Let’s say that person's leadership lid is at a level 4.
There’s another option. Let’s say that person worked really hard to increase his/her leadership skills to maybe a 7 and look what happens in the second chart. Leadership has a multiplying effect on effectiveness.
There’s another option. Let’s say that person worked really hard to increase his/her leadership skills to maybe a 7 and look what happens in the second chart. Leadership has a multiplying effect on effectiveness.
If the leader doesn’t grow, the organization doesn’t grow. Why do they fire the coach when the football team isn’t winning? If the coach were an extremely effective leader for the team, it would be winning more games.
A person’s impact is only a fraction of what it could be without leadership ability. Your ability to cast vision for your business…to get a team of like-minded people together…to unite those people behind a common vision…to get their goals in alignment with the team goals… to get the right people on the bus and the wrong people off the bus… is determined by how well you lead.
How is your organization growing? Think about your team for a moment--how can you tell they are like-minded ? What are you doing to grow? Growing and implementing leadership principles in my life and in the organization resulted in immense expansion. This might be a great goal for the rest of 2023--to increase your leadership skills and personal growth. It spills over into every area of your life and improves it.
Right now, I'm looking for companies that want to grow. I would enjoy facilitating a Lunch (or Breakfast) and Learn for your organization. Typically my Lunch and Learns average 30-45 minutes packed full of information, interaction, and an open question and answer session with the intent of creating a fun learning environment for building awareness. My goal is to have each of your team members walk away with at least one mind changing idea that will create a desire for motivation and self improvement.
A person’s impact is only a fraction of what it could be without leadership ability. Your ability to cast vision for your business…to get a team of like-minded people together…to unite those people behind a common vision…to get their goals in alignment with the team goals… to get the right people on the bus and the wrong people off the bus… is determined by how well you lead.
How is your organization growing? Think about your team for a moment--how can you tell they are like-minded ? What are you doing to grow? Growing and implementing leadership principles in my life and in the organization resulted in immense expansion. This might be a great goal for the rest of 2023--to increase your leadership skills and personal growth. It spills over into every area of your life and improves it.
Right now, I'm looking for companies that want to grow. I would enjoy facilitating a Lunch (or Breakfast) and Learn for your organization. Typically my Lunch and Learns average 30-45 minutes packed full of information, interaction, and an open question and answer session with the intent of creating a fun learning environment for building awareness. My goal is to have each of your team members walk away with at least one mind changing idea that will create a desire for motivation and self improvement.
Let me help you expand your lid!