LEADERSHIP CLASS-LAW NUMBER 7

21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADRSHIP

(By John Maxwell)

 

7 – THE LAW OF RESPECT

 

 

People Naturally Follow Leaders Stronger Than Themselves

When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.

When people get together for the first time as a group, take a look at what happens. As they start interacting, the leaders in the group immediately take charge. They think in terms of the direction they desire to go and who they want to take with them. At first, people may make tentative moves in several different directions, but after the people get to know one another, it doesn’t take long for them to recognize the strongest leaders and to follow them. (71)

 

Usually the more leadership ability a person has, the more quickly he recognizes leadership — or its lack — in others. In time, people in the group get on board and follow the strongest leaders. Either that or they leave the gorup and pursue their own agenda. (73)

The leader must know, must know he knows, and must be able to make it abundantly clear to those around him that he knows. – Clarence B. Randall

The greatest test of respect comes when a leader creates major change in an organization.