Episode 54 (Grow and Lead)

(THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADESHIP) written by John C. Maxwell is a very useful book in the leadership field. It is full of lessons and useful concepts that will be benefial for any leader or who seeks to be a leader in future. These lessons and concepts are represented through 21 laws.

The fourteenth law is called (The law of Buy-in) and it states that people buy into the leader, then the vision.

The important points under this law are the following:

- People do not follow noble issues at the beginning, they follow effective leaders who stand for issues they can believe in.

- If a leader has not established his credibility with his followers, it does not really matter how great the vision he presents.

- Every message that people receive is filtered by the messenger who delivers it. If you consider the messenger to be a credible person, you will believe that the message is valuable.

- The only case that people will follow a leader who they do not like carrying a vision that they are not convinced with is that the leader has some kind of a power.

- Even if people believed that the issue is noble, if they did not love the leader, they will search for another leader to follow.

- When people believe in the leader and his vision, they will follow him no matter how bad the circumstances are and whatever obstacles stand in front of them.

- As a leader, your success is measured by your ability to get people where they need to be; however, you can only do this if people believe in you as a leader first.

This law is essential for any leader since it will support achieving the vision.

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Episode 53 (Grow and Lead)

Leadership is one of the topics that you can find thousands of articles and hundreds of books about it. It is expected that this number will increase since the since of leadership is developing. One of the useful books is (THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP) written by John C. Maxwell. It contains a lot of useful advices for leaders.

The thirteenth law is called (The law of the Picture) and it states that People do what they see the leader do.

The important points under this law are the following:

- Successful leaders always pay attention to the fact that they are examples and that others will do as they do.  

- Leaders who make the greatest impact are often those who lead well in uncertain situations.

- Just as children watch their parents and copy their behaviors, employees watch and copy their bosses' behaviors.

- Followers can be suspicious of leaders' words, but usually they believe their actions.

- To do the right things is great; however, teaching the right things is greater and much easier.

- As a leader, the first person who I have to lead is myself and the first person who I have to change is myself.

- What employees want most are leaders who act in line with what they say and believe. They want a good example, leading from the front.

This law has great impact on others; therefore, it should be taken care of by leaders.

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