Master of Leadership John Maxwell

In the business world, John Maxwell (John c. Maxwell) is essentially equivalent to "leadership", as Peter Drucker almost equates to "management".

There is no doubt that he is the world's recognized leader in the field of leadership "Masters of the Master", once Lectra "business Pope" Peters, GE former CEO Welch and other world-class leaders, in motivate Gurus Analysys held " The world's most influential Master of Leadership "ticket selected 2 consecutive wins." His Injoy company is one of the most influential companies in the United States, and the equip nonprofit organization he founded has so far provided training for more than 5 million leaders in 126 countries.

Compared with other world-class management gurus, he has a feature that is extremely prominent, and that is better at expressing, closer to the average person than to a superior boss. This made him one of the most successful bestselling authors on the planet's 10 Anniversary Hall of Fame (25), prolific (50, printed in more than 40 languages), with countless fans (more than 18 million copies of global sales).

How can the seemingly contradictory two identities of bestselling authors and world-class management masters complement each other? What revelation could he bring to us in the increasingly prominent leadership of China?

His answer is simple: "People-oriented" soft leadership!

"Chinese entrepreneur": What is the biggest difference between you and other management scholars?

John Maxwell: I call my own leadership system "soft leadership". It is based on the basic standpoint of "How do you get along well with people" and lays foundation on the intangible values of hope, care, values, relationships, visions and practices. Historically, the long-term stability and leadership model of enterprises and Government have deep human factors and mission passion.

In fact, after the financial turmoil, many entrepreneurs have been aware of this, many scholars have been more involved in the research and development of soft leadership, because they found that more balanced leadership development on the brand management of enterprises really has far-reaching impact, will make the enterprise health.

Chinese entrepreneur: What do you see as the biggest challenge in implementing soft leadership?

John Maxwell: Change the thinking and values of the original leader of the organization. Should establish a "human first, people are your most valuable asset" values, but the reality is often the boss will ask subordinates "I am the boss, you do not obey I will expel you." So the first thing to change is the leaders who often use status authority. They have to learn how to connect with subordinates, improve relationships, and implement true leadership values, not just authority and command.

I know that many Chinese companies are also paying more and more attention to employees, which is a good phenomenon. But in China, many manufacturing industries are still struggling with the value of money and staff, and many places need to be improved. I have also heard that some Chinese enterprises have made great efforts to continuously improve the value and training of employees, and these progress is well worth encouraging. Business owners will one day find that the enterprise is also a person, the failure is also a person, only the continued training of people, development team, the establishment of succession system, enterprises will be long, will be the evergreen, to have global competitiveness.

"Chinese entrepreneur": What qualities do you think a good leader should have?

John Maxwell: I have summed up the 21 qualities of leadership, of course, the complexity of the organization, the demand for leadership has increased significantly, but the most important of the four.

One is ability, which is the foundation of all leaders. No ability, no matter how good a good person you are, or no one will follow you. But ability doesn't mean you have to have a ph. D. or hold an important position, but to develop your greatest potential in what you are good at, so that everyone will have leadership potential.

Second, character, character may not be a leader, but no integrity can never become a leader.

The third is consistency (consistency). People will follow leaders with consistency. They will be very trusting of him. If a person is not consistent, many values, beliefs gradually relaxed, followers will be disappointed with the leader, trust collapse.

Four is passion. Passion is the strength of people to maintain progress, but also the strength of overcoming difficulties, many leaders in the history of the heart with extraordinary passion, such as Gandhi, Mother nun, Nelson Mandela ... These leaders seem to do stupid things, but they have deep faith and value support to guide them towards their goals.

"Chinese entrepreneur": in your opinion, what are the areas where Chinese business leaders need to be improved?

John Maxwell: I have been to China a few times, whether it is private travel or invited to visit, and many business leaders have contact, I found that Chinese entrepreneurs are very diligent, and dare to try and innovate. China is full of opportunities, a condition that many nations and people do not yet possess.

So I have also found that many leaders live in opportunistic thinking, paying too much attention to opportunities or ideas, ignoring the fundamentals of long-term development-such as the establishment of core values and the systematic development and training of leadership, which limits the future development of the enterprise.

There are also some leaders, like the patriarchal style of leadership, the subordinates to adopt more authoritarian management, resulting in the organization's creativity can not develop, the team become a mere formality, they will have a high feeling of the cold.

In addition, some leaders become senior executives at a very young age, which may cause them to rely too much on past successes and lose the spirit of constant self zeroing and continuous learning. Some leaders mistakenly believe that management is leadership, good managers are good leaders, which will make them lose the true meaning of leadership, can not enhance their managers have a leader thinking.

The Chinese people attach great importance to the relationship, healthy relationship and care for the organization is very positive, but the relationship between deals and favoritism, will cause the whole organization can not really reform and progress, and the talent formation of exclusion.

Of course, these phenomena are in many places, not just in China.