This blog post is a continuation of part 1 found here. This is a study of two books written by John C. Maxwell, a renowned author of transformational leadership material. His work has transformed many at individual, organizational and at national levels. Having read the books, “The 21 irrefutable Laws of Leadership” and “The 5 levels of leadership”, this is an analysis of what each of them is about and how they relate to each other, in inspiring, directing and charting the journey of a successful leader. In this blog post I focus on the second book – “The 5 levels of leadership”.
The 5 levels of leadership
The main thrust of the 5 levels of leadership is that leadership is influence – When a leader speaks, people listen, and when a leader leads, people follow. It helps us understand that it is possible to plan our leadership journeys by strategizing our course, to grow, from whatever level we are at, say Level 1 into the top most level leadership, The Level 5 leader. This book simply explains how leadership works. It also emphasizes that it is possible to be a level 5 leader in one environment, yet a level 2 or 3 leader in another. John C. Maxwell says in this book, that leadership is influence and that if we can increase our influence with others, we can be more effective leaders. This is eye-opening for me because it allows me to understand that my effort should be focused at Levels 2, 3 and 4. Level 1 and Level 5 are given to me, while the next three levels must be earned.
The 5 levels of leadership are;
1) position – using rights
2) permission – using relationships
3) production – using results
4) People development – using reproduction and
5) Pinnacle –using respect.
The leader starts their journey by getting a leadership position and climbs up the ladder to pinnacle by learning new things, changing their minds, teaching others and applying what they have learnt in their journey.
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