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Manuscripts and Melodies: Why I Started Writing Music at 75 Years Old
The reason I started writing books was to move my message farther than my voice could carry it alone. I’ve always been passionate about adding value to people and helping them bring powerful, positive change to their world. Early in my career, the way I did that was through my speaking. Then one day, I was at lunch with my...
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5 Steps to Rebuild the Road of Integrity

Are You Managing or Leading?

4 Unexpected Trust-Building Behaviors of Extraordinary Culture

3 Questions to Move You From Busy to Productive

Prepping for the New Year in 3 Simple Steps

Everyday Significance: 6 Ways You Can Give More Than You Take

3 Ways to Develop Your Resilience

3 Strategies for Less Stress and More Meaning This Holiday Season

You Don’t Have Time… to Not Lead

Unlocking the Nine-Figure Mindset: Your Blueprint for Business Success

5 Reasons Effective Leaders Make Civility a Priority

3 Ways to Create a Culture of Loyalty

4 Ways to Unlock Your Team’s Full Potential by Leveraging AI

6 Ways Great Leaders Can Cultivate Gratitude

4 Ways to Increase Your Influence Up, Down, and Across the Board

Learning in the AI Era: 4 Ways to Eliminate Failure by Embracing It

5 Strategies for Authentic Communication in the Age of AI

The 3 Cs of Success: How to Create, Design, and Live an Unforgettable Life

Life Leadership: 3 Ways to Excel Outside the Workplace

If I Had to Start Over, Here’s What I’d Do Differently: Deliver the Hard Truth with Kindness

Personal Growth Through Adversity: 3 John Maxwell Quotes I’ve Lived

Unpopular Opinion: Speak Last — 3 Techniques for Active Listening

2 Fundamentals to Help You Win Beyond Work

If Generation Z Had a Perfect Working Environment

7 Leadership Skills to Excel and Influence in Any Role

This Mindset Will Change Your Leadership Forever

The BARS Method: A Simple, Scalable Model for Personal & Professional Success

Living like Jesus: 3 Reasons Christians Should be Leading on the High Road

Momentum: 6 Ways to Leverage the Next Big Trend in Team Development

Solving Puzzles, Not Problems: 5 Strategies for Growth in the Age of Change

5 Ways You Can Shift the Collateral Impact of Your Leadership

What Adversity Taught Me About Resilience

How to Move Forward When You Can’t Move On

5 Strategies for Women Leaders to Harness Resilience and Rebuild Tenacity

I Used to Procrastinate, Then I Learned to Prioritize

The 4 Levels of Growing Your Influence

Escape the Urgency Trap: 6 Ways Leaders Can Stay Focused on What Matters Most

Strength in Numbers: 5 Reasons Strong Leaders Need a Community

Finding Time for Leadership: 5 Ways to Lead Effectively on a Tight Schedule

3 Ways Growth Gives You Hope

The Leader’s Love Quotient: 5 Ways to Improve Your Relational Leadership

Resilience: A Critical Trait for Effective Leadership

Culture Catalysts: Empowering Teams to Transform the Workplace

5 Key Traits of Resilient People

From the Court to Corporate: A Page from a Winning Playbook

Sowing Seeds for Thriving Organizational Growth: Leadership Lessons from the Garden

Delegation Done Right: Strategies for Leading with Impact

Make Time for This Crucial Habit to Become a Better Leader

How Leadership Training Improves Employee Performance

I.N.V.E.S.T. Wisely and Watch Your Business Grow

Developing an Ownership Culture

Benefits of Executive Coaching

The Rule of 100: How I Improved My Life and Leadership with Generative AI

5 Ways Leaders Change Lives for the Better

Unlocking Potential Through Coaching

Leading on the High Road: Building Integrity in an Age of Image

Leading Through Team Tension

Dear Graduate

High Road Leadership Preview: 3 Ways High Road Leaders Keep from Keeping Score

Growth is Essential for a Better Tomorrow

High Road Leadership Preview: The 3 Leadership Roads We Can Take

Character: A Leader’s Most Important Quality

High Road Leadership Preview: The 3 Leadership Roads We Can Take

Why Leaders Should Focus on Improving Their Communication Skills

Celebrating 300 Episodes: 7 Leadership Lessons Learned Producing the Maxwell Leadership Podcast

The Do’s and Don’ts of Problem-Solving for Effective Leadership

Responding to God’s Call: Sinking is Better Than Sitting

Growing Your Leadership Influence: Practical Strategies for Success

6 Ways to Become an Unforgettable Public Speaker

Living Today for Tomorrow: 3 Leadership Practices for Securing Your Legacy

Embracing Transformation: How Executive Leaders Cultivate a Change Mindset

3 Things You Must Overcome Before Achieving Your Life Goals

When to Persevere and When to Let Go

5 Ways to Break the Habit of Procrastination

3 Ways to Fan Your Flame and Avoid Burnout

Embracing Transformation: How Executive Leaders Cultivate a Change Mindset

The 3 Kinds of People that Push You Toward Your Personal Goals

The Beginner’s Mindset: 2 Insights for Daily Leadership Development

5 Ways to Build Your Creative Problem-Solving Skills

5 Things Happy People Do Every Day

Can You Coach Your Team to Become Change Agents?

From Idea to Impact: 6 Steps for Preparing Content for Public Speaking

8 Personal Growth Practices for Protecting Your Self-Worth

3 Steps to Increase Your Capacity for Action

Navigating Change: The Art of Unwavering Leadership

4 Things You Need to Know About Personal Growth

The IF Factor: Turning Adversity into Opportunity

Work Smarter, Not Harder: 6 Tips for Leveraging Strategy

Decisions That Resonate All Year

5 Ways to Build Tenacity and Make Goal Achievement Your Superpower

Maxwell Leadership Guide to New Year’s Resolutions: 4 Exercises for Keeping Commitment Daily

Maxwell Leadership Guide to New Year’s Resolutions: 3 Ways to Master Your Priorities

Ensure Your Best Year Ever

Maxwell Leadership Guide to New Year’s Resolutions: Get Clarity, Get Results

This Christmas, Will You Be Intentional Creating Memories?

Developing an Unwillingness to Accept the Status Quo

Maxwell Leadership Guide to New Year’s Resolutions: 5 Reasons They (Mostly) Fail

The SHARE Framework: How to Use Stories When Public Speaking

Cultivating Gratitude in Leadership: Thanksgiving Reflections on Team Appreciation

3 Ways to Leverage Learning for Your Professional Development

Thanksgiving Gratitude

Personal Development in Practice: A 6-Step for Turning Intention into Action

The Power of Magical Feedback

The 3 Pillars of Team Development Success

One Change I’d Make to Engage Kids Better If I Had to Do It Over Again

How Leaders Make Failure Their Friend

4 Ways to Create Excitement When Public Speaking

A Tool to Foster Better Conversations with Your Kids

Are You Teaching, Telling, or Coaching?

5 Ways a Mentor Should Motivate Your Personal Development

Legendary Brands and the Engine that Runs Them

The 5 Ps That Can Keep Us from Living Out Our Values

How Culture Shapes the Success of Your Business

Your Personal Growth Roadmap: A 5-Step Values Inventory

Is “Insider-itis” Hurting Your Organization?

6 Ways to Help Lead Your Leader

How Are Insider/Outsider Dynamics Killing Engagement on Your Team?

6 Critical Areas of Self-Leadership

Deciding Isn’t Enough: 4 Ways to Become an Action-Oriented Leader

5 Mistakes That Make Life More Difficult (and How to Avoid Them)

A Missing Step in Today’s Parenting Path

Personal Growth Preparation: What’s In Your Toolbox?

Leaders: Stop Assuming Your People Are Doing Okay

3 Key Insights on Learning That Turn Experience into Personal Growth

3 Huge Mistakes We Make When Leading Kids

Instead of Being Happy WHEN, Will You Be Happy WHILE?

4 Ways to Distinguish Yourself as a Leader

How is Student Leadership Morphing for Generation Z?

How Leaders Can Kill a Change Effort

5 Ways Leaders Can Fail Forward

From Apathy to Action: 5 Communication Techniques to Motivate Others to Move

Teaching Kids About their Superpowers

Making the Leap from Boss to Leader

The Thinker’s Advantage: 5 Ways to Improve Your Thought Process

The Problem with Choices for Kids

Humility and Personal Growth: 4 Ways to Stay Teachable

Curiosity: The Miracle Skill for Leaders

If You Want to Grow, Make These 5 Strategic Changes

Assembling a Team of Voices to Reach Your Teens

5 Ways to Change Your World

Assembling a Team of Voices to Reach Your Teens

We Were Peers, but Now I’m Your Boss: 5 Tips for Navigating Relationships When Climbing the Leadership Ladder

5 Ways to Become a More Productive Thinker

A Conversation You Should Have About Grit With Your Teens

From Seeing to Seizing: Key Opportunities and How to Act on Them

3 Ways to Leverage Everything (Even Failure) for Your Personal Growth

How One Mom Kept Her Teen Off Social Media for 6 Years

Improving Communication to Grow Your Reputation as a Leader

The 4-Step Process to Grow Past Any Obstacle

How to Simplify Kids’ Lives Without Making Them Easier

Mapping Your Growth: The 4 Phases of Leadership Development

How to Capitalize on the Younger Generations on Your Team

Is Impatience Sabotaging Your Potential?

Is Your Team Concerned About the (Their) Future?

The Leader’s 5-Step Process for Solving Any Problem

What Parents Should Say as Their Kids Perform

We Are All Going to Die – What Impact Do You Want to Have Before Then?

3 Daily Practices for Living Out Your Values

The Key is to Serve

My Gen Z Wants a Promotion… Now!

If You Want to Master Personal Growth, Make These 3 Changes

7 Reasons Why Some Leaders Don’t Empower Others

The Quality That Separates Success from Significance

Lift Your Lid: The Best Time to Grow is Today

Do Your People Bring You Bad News?

Getting it Done: 4 Ways to Make Personal Growth a Priority

The Difference Maker: 4 Insights for Keeping Up Commitment

Do This Before You Set a Goal

How to Become a High-Character Leader

Reflect and Revise: A 5-Step Process for Personal Growth

7 Ways to Up-Level Your Leadership

7 Questions to Help You Make Your Best Decisions

What to Do Before You Graduate

How Can a Leader Become More Decisive?

These 3 Questions Help You Get the Most Out of Your Best Resource

Corporate Team Leaders: Is This Habit Communicating Distrust to Your Team?

What is Your Message?: The 16 Undeniable Laws of Communication and You

The Road Back to Integrity: 5 Ways to Rebuild Trust with Your Team

The Speaker’s Guide to Variety: 4 Ways John Maxwell Pulls in the Audience

Manuscripts and Melodies: Learning to Get Over Myself

Connecting Through Charisma: 3 Ways to Attract Others to Your Message

Are Charismatic Leaders Born or Developed?

The Journey to Expert Communication: John Maxwell’s 4 Stages of Communication Growth

Closing the Chasm Between You and Your Audience

The Best Message and the Big Message: 4 Questions to Help You Prepare to Communicate

Manuscripts and Melodies: Why I Started Writing Music at 75 Years Old

Can Leaders Teach Accountability?

5 Keys to Better Connection with Everyone You Meet

Commentators vs. Communicators: How to Make Sure Your Message Changes Lives

Why Your Culture Isn’t Working as Designed

4 Communication Barriers that Keep Us From Finding Common Ground

The Best Way to Improve Your Communication Skills

Uplevel Your Communication with these 6 Powerful Principles of Persuasion

5 Powerful Communication Lessons to Learn from Coach Sean McDermott After the Damar Hamlin Crisis

The 4 Prerequisites for Leadership Excellence

4 Keys to Communicating One-on-One, in a Group, or Onstage

5 Steps for Connecting with Others

Breaking Through Barriers: Battling Our Fears to Connect With Others

5 Ways to Make Your Communication More Powerful by Keeping it Uncomplicated

When You Have Something Hard to Say, But You Just Can’t Say It

How to Keep Your Star Performers Away from the Transfer Portal

The Lost Art of Listening: 7 Ways to Improve Your Retention, Rapport, and Relationships

Asking Big: Communicating Big Needs FOR Big Dreams

Connecting Visually: How to Communicate More Effectively Without Changing What You Say

Corporate Truth on the Table

How to Lead a Team in a Matrix Organization

Communicating Credibility: 3 Factors That Make People Listen

7 Steps to Get Your Point Across

The Gateway to Communication: 3 Questions Everyone is Asking About You

Commit to Your Values, Not Resolutions

Be Honest With Yourself

How Leaders Help Themselves and Others Overcome Imposter Syndrome

4 Keys for Communicating to a Crowd

The Difference Between Managing and Leading

Louder Than Words: 3 Things Your Character Communicates About You

Chick-fil-A’s VP Dan Cathy: 3 Reasons to Give it Your All

Setting Yourself Up for Reading Success

From Want to Won: 3 Differences Between Those Who Hold Themselves Accountable and Those Who Don’t

4 Everyday Ways to Positively Influence Others

3 Qualities of Effective, Big-Picture Leaders

Take Initiative!

Process, Not Just Results

5 Ways to Foster a Personal Growth Culture by Valuing Others

You Are the Company You Keep: 6 Growth-Minded Changes to Make to Your Environment

5 Areas of Personal Growth Where You Should Be the Expert

Do I Have a Future Here?

5 Strategic Steps to Securing Your Dream

4 Ways to Intentionally Win With People

4 Things Condoleezza Rice Says Make or Break a Team

5 Thoughts on How to Treat Your Productivity Paranoia

5 “Downhill” Habits and How to Defeat Them

The Huddle – A Leadership Lesson From Football

The Difference Between Accidental Growth and Intentional Growth

Lessons Learned 2 Years Into Change

Stop Wishing Things Were Easier

8 Growth Myths – Debunked

How to Develop Growth-Friendly Habits

The Key to Success: Understanding Your Passion

5 Experiences We Must Offer to the Next Generation

Are You Trusted as Much as You Think You Are?

6 Steps to Successful Personal Change

3 Questions to Guide Your Strategic Thinking

Seeing Potential in Others

6 Qualities of a Successful System

9 Pieces of Advice I Want to Offer to Generation Z

5 Questions to Help You Grow Others as You Grow

Can You Really Make Time For That?

Personal Growth and Your Own Comfort Zone

7 Subtle Mistakes Leaders Make

3 Insights Learned in Relentless Pursuit of a Dream

10 Characteristics of a Growth Environment

You Want Feedback… NOW?

The 6 Steps of an Intentional Growth Plan

How to Reframe Your Vision to Capture People’s Imagination

5 Areas of Personal Growth That Lead to a Life of Significance

Change-Makers Create Powerful, Positive Change

The Waiting Room: How A Pause Can Fuel Your Personal Growth

5 Leadership Development Questions to Ask Before Giving Feedback in Public

How to Choose Significance Over Self in Your Leadership Development Journey

8 Reasons Why Now’s the Right Time to Develop Young Leaders

3 Ways to Develop Your Influence as a Coach

Intentional Personal Growth: 4 Ways to Take Your Next Best Step Toward a Life of Significance

Leading With Integrity, and the Tests You Will Face

Overcoming the Leadership Development Myths We Tell Ourselves About Success

Beyond Success: 3 Personal Growth Questions to Help You Pursue a Life of Significance

How Can a Leader Make People Like Them, and Should They?

Goal vs. Growth Mindsets: How to Avoid a Personal Growth and Development Plateau

Failing Forward: How a Personal Growth Plan Helps You Make the Most of Your Mistakes

5 Leader Lessons from the Craziest Kentucky Derby Ever

Growing Past Good Enough: 4 Ways to Keep Your Personal Growth Goals on Track

The Leadership Development Freedoms That Pave the Way for Progress

From Dreams to Success: Turning Your Goals into a Personal Growth Journey

The Power of Storytelling in Leadership Communication

Executive Coaching: The Character Choices Every Leader Makes

Leadership Development Skills: Communication That Inspires Action

Leadership Development Goals: Communicating Your Vision to Achieve Your Dreams

Executive Coaching Tips: 10 Ways to Handle Confrontation

3 Inclusive Communication Habits Every Leader Should Adopt

5 Experiences of Personal Growth to Offer the Next Generation

Confronting Leadership Challenges in a Post-Pandemic World

Effective Communication Skills: Are You Connecting or Just Impressing?

3 Questions to Ask Before Making a Career Change

Communicating Effectively: Is Your Communication Style Working For or Against You?

The 5 Characteristics of Communication That Connects

Communicating with Clarity – A Leadership Development Game Changer

The Power of Relationships in Personal Growth and Development

5 Leadership Development Tips for Delivering Results – Whether or Not You’re a People Person

The Attitude Factor of Personal Growth and Its Impact on Your Success

Leadership Development That Grows More Leaders, Not Followers

Corporate Leadership Skills: 10 Character Traits of High-Influence Leaders

Executive Coaching: The High Calling of Leadership

Leadership Development Lessons That Stand the Test of Time

3 Effective Communication Skills to Influence and Inspire

The Leadership Development Role Leaders Play in the Story of Their Team

Leadership Coaching – 4 Inspiring Ways to Regain and Maintain Your Motivation

7 Leadership Development Questions to Improve Team Performance

Executive Leadership Coaching: 4 Ways to Increase Your Influence

Leadership Coaching – The Millennial In The Middle

C.L.E.A.R. – Your Personal Growth Plan for the Leader in You

Three Ways Small Wins Can Lead to Big Successes

Start Building Your “Someday” Business Today!

5 Ways to Increase Your Confidence as a Leader

The Three Types of Mentors Every Person Needs to Become Successful

John C. Maxwell’s Legacy Continues as Successor, Mark Cole, Rebrands the Company

One Is Too Small A Number To Achieve Greatness

Four Steps To Lifting The Lid On Your Potential

The Power of Significance and Leading with Hope

Introducing Maxwell Leadership®: One Brand, One Goal

How Much Does Executive Coaching Cost?
