If you're a rookie and wants to learn
the basic principles of leadership, how to grow in leaps and bounds and
becoming a man or woman of influence, grab a copy of his book "Developing
the Leader Within You". The world has moved on from the era of leadership
being considered a talent or an inborn attribute to a skill that can be learnt,
developed and nurtured. It's so easy nowadays to isolate bosses or rulers from
genuine leaders thanks to great teachers and mentors on leadership. So, you
can imagine how elated I was to be invited by a senior friend, Mr 'Leke Emoruwa
(an accomplished telecoms guru and MD/CEO at EMOCOM Technologies and Consulting
Ltd) to join J.C Maxwell's leadership session on Monday 20th April 2020 via a
Facebook link. Here are my 'take-aways' from the session on "Leadership
When It Matters Most - Life and Leadership Values for Today with John C.
Maxwell".
1.
Effective Leaders give
the right perspective in the time of crisis
2.
Never equate
struggling with failure: Crisis, challenges or obstacles are opportunities
3.
Crisis helps us to be
creative, gives hope to people and helps us see the bigger picture
4.
'Dis-functional'
leaders lead according to their needs and not according to right perspectives
5.
On mentoring through
crisis, timing is very important and key questions to ask are –
·
Who mentors me?
o
Are they successful?
o
Have they been tested
and have they passed the crisis test?
o
Are they continually
growing?
o
Are they emotionally
grounded?
o
Are they my sponsor
(or committed...)?
o
Do they have greatness
that's bigger than their work(s)?
·
When do they mentor
me?
o
If the timing is
right, the impact is great.
o
Most of the things we
want but don't have are just outside our comfort zone
o
When the student is
ready, the teacher will appear
·
How do they mentor me?
o
The mentor will help
you see the complete picture in times of crisis
o
Ask yourself: When the
crisis is over, do I get better or bitter?
o
Mentors not only give
right perspectives but share out of their personal lifes
o
What's your source?
Where do you go to draw strength? Your faith?
o
A crisis will
prioritise what we will never ordinarily prioritise ourselves
o
If you look enough
you'll find the answers
o
People don't want a
perfect leader they want an authentic leader
·
How do I maximize the
mentoring?
o
Three words to
maximize your mentoring?
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Preparation
§
Reflection
§
Action
o I add the bonus and it's that following P.R.A leads
to Yield (i.e. higher level of productivity and fruitfulness).
o
So, in summary,
maximizing your mentoring is about P.R.A.Y! Quite profound/instructive!!
"The proof of the
pudding is in the eating". If you are curious to learn more about this,
let me direct you to the source and hopefully you will find it worth the time
invested. Here is the link to the video - https://www.facebook.com/JohnCMaxwell/videos/691923061573055/.
What can you do differently with afore-mentioned
questions as a mentor or mentee? Go ahead and maximize your influence. All the
best!
