Developing the Leader Within You Workbook by John C. Maxwell

Author:John C. Maxwell [Maxwell, John C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion, Christian Living, Personal Growth, Self-Help, Success, Memory Improvement
ISBN: 9781418566685
Google: P6nL9P1jWX4C
Publisher: HarperChristian Resources
Published: 2001-01-07T08:00:00+00:00

Week 6

The Extra Plus in Leadership: Attitude

INTRODUCTION

When I speak at a leadership conference, I often ask everyone to do this exercise:

Write the name of a friend whom you greatly admire:

[Your Response Here]

Write one thing that you admire most about that friend:

[Your Response Here]

Take a moment and do this exercise before you continue reading. I think you’ll gain an interesting and important insight. After all the conference participants have completed this exercise, I ask them to tell me their answers. I list the first twenty-five responses on an overhead projector for everyone to see. I put an A beside the characteristics that describe attitudes, an S beside those describing skills, and an L if the words deal with looks. Every time I conduct this exercise, 95 percent of the descriptive words represent attitudes for which the friends are admired.

What does attitude mean to you? Briefly define attitude in your own words.

Attitude is

[Your Response Here]

Chuck Swindoll said, “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, or a home. The remarkable thing is that we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. Nor can we change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We also cannot change the inevitable. The only thing that we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you—we are in charge of our attitudes.”1

Just as our attitudes are the extra pluses in life, they also make the difference in leading others. Leadership has less to do with position than it does with disposition. The disposition of a leader is important because it will influence the way the followers think and feel. Great leaders understand that the right attitude will set the right atmosphere that enables the right responses from others.

What is your disposition? Briefly describe how you feel about each of the following areas:

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