Chris Goede

A lot of people shy away from confrontation and difficult conversations, myself included! We can have a tendency to fear tension, not realizing tension can be good if handled in the right way. Hard conversations are something all of us have to learn to do with grace and skill as leaders, and the earlier in our careers we develop that...

There’s a statistic I heard a while back that still blows me away—85% of what we know, we’ve learned through listening. Not talking, not reading—listening. I consider myself a pretty educated person, and like everyone at Maxwell Leadership, I read a lot. But if that statistic is correct, then 85% of what I know—about people, about teams, about leadership—came from...

Servant leadership is a bit of a buzzword these days, and at Maxwell Leadership we’re all about it. But before you can truly be a servant leader, it’s essential we grasp what a servant leader mindset is all about. Trying to practice servant leadership without adopting the servant mindset is pointless. But getting it right changes everything!  A servant leader...

John Maxwell says, “If you have momentum, it’ll actually solve 80% of your problems without you even knowing.” We see this play out in several arenas—in sports, a team will gain a lot of momentum, to the point the opposing coach calls a time out. In our communities, we’ll rally around a cause and momentum will propel it forward to...

More than ever, adversity is a hot topic right now. In our current economic, political, and social landscape, adversity is being felt to degrees we really haven’t witnessed before. And while the majority of people might see that as a negative, I see it as a launching pad to developing a missing ingredient in today’s leadership culture—resilience. Not only do...

Don’t put off tomorrow what you can do today. Who grew up hearing this constantly from their parents? As a young person, it didn’t make sense. Why not put off what I don’t want to do until tomorrow? There’s a lot more fun to have today! But as an adult, not only do I have responsibilities I can’t procrastinate, but...