John C. Maxwell Quotes

Leadership does not mean domination

The strongest leaders do not command, they empower

Great boss is challenging people in the right way. Leading, not managing. Supporting them by giving them both a platform they can count on and expectations they can stretch for.

I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.

I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.

I'm the type of manager who doesn't really like the word 'manage.' Nor do I really like the word 'boss.' I like to look at myself as more as a leader.

I love to help with dreams and I love what I do on 'X Factor' as far as the mentoring and helping someone get over nervousness or reach their potential.

A real leader is not the top dog who merely shouts down orders. a leader is one who holds the space for the brilliance of others.

My role is to coach, encourage, inspire, motivate, and help people.

Leadership isn't about simply being in charge and treating your people like soldiers and barking orders. Leadership is sharing your knowledge and your direction so that others grow and reach their potential.

A leader is a coach, not a judge.

A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.

A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.

I like to be supportive and a role model.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

I try to develop others. I get a great deal of joy out of helping people who, over the years, I've spent a lot of time mentoring - and just trying to get them to another level.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Transformed people transform people.

Lee's great gifts are teaching and inspirational guidance, not administration and management.

Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.