John C. Maxwell

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John C. Maxwell

John Calvin Maxwell (* 1947 in Garden City , Michigan ) is an American author , speaker , coach and pastor . He is a leading expert on leadership issues. His over 70 books have sold 16 million times. Some of these appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List . Maxwell is the founder of Injoy Stewardship Services, John Maxwell Company, and EQUIP, an international non-profit organization dedicated to developing leadership skills in everyday life.

Life

Maxwell grew up in Garden City, Michigan. His father was an evangelical pastor and he followed into his ministry. In 1969 he received a bachelor's degree from Ohio Christian University ; he received a Master of Divinity from Azusa Pacific University and a PhD in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary .

Since the 1970s, Maxwell served in churches in Indiana, Ohio, California, and Florida. After 1980 he was one of the first to address leadership quality in churches and parishes and to publish books on it. After 1990 he discovered Bill Hybels and encouraged him to reflect and teach on leadership in churches. In 1995, after 14 years as a senior pastor in the Skyline Church, he stopped to devote himself entirely to his activities as a speaker and book author. In 2004 he returned to the ward ministry to serve as a teaching pastor in the Christ Fellowship at Palm Beach Gardens , Florida. In 2008 he began as a visiting pastor at Crystal Cathedral in Orange County , California. His mentor was Robert H. Schuller , who had a large number of evangelical pastors preach in his mega- church after his son Robert A. Schuller retired as senior pastor in 2008 . Maxwell's sermons were also broadcast on the Hour of Power television program.

Maxwell is a leadership expert and is also the founder of Injoy, Maximum Impact, The John Maxwell Team, ISS and Equip, the latter is a non-profit organization that operates in 80 countries.

Maxwell speaks annually to Fortune 500 companies, government, education, corporate, and sports leaders. He is a member of the board of directors of Indiana Wesleyan University , and there is also a building named after him there, the Maxwell Center for Business and Leadership . Maxwell was a keynote speaker at the National Agents Alliance NAA Leadership Conference several times , most recently in 2010. In 2012, he was awarded the Toastmasters International Golden Hammer . In 2013, Maxwell trained a team of 24,000 executives in Guatemala.

Honors

In 2014 Inc. Magazine named him the world's best management expert.

Private

Maxwell is married to Margrit and lives in southern Florida.

Teaching

According to Maxwell, leadership brings people to clearly defined goals, it is time-independent and by its nature selfless. It is essentially about attaching value to other people and taking responsibility for them. Central questions are therefore: What do employees for whom I am responsible need? How can I help others be productive and successful? How can I live and recharge to have energy and passion for people and common goals? Leaders need self-discipline, a sense of responsibility and dedication to their tasks in order to achieve something long-term and sustainable.

Concept of the five levels of leadership

A key concept of John C. Maxwell is the five levels of leadership:

  1. Position (authorization) : People follow someone because they have to.
  2. Consent (relationship) : People follow someone because they want and like them.
  3. Product (results) : People follow someone because of what they have achieved for the organization.
  4. Human development (reproduction) : People follow someone because of what one has done for them personally.
  5. Tip (respect) : People follow someone because of who you are and what you represent.

Publications (selection)

English

  • The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth , Center Street- 2012
  • The 5 Levels of Leadership , Center Street- 2011
  • Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently , Thomas Nelson- 2010
  • How Successful People Think (originally published as Thinking for a Change ), Center Street, First Center Street Edition: June 2009
  • Put Your Dream to the Test , Thomas Nelson - March, 2009
  • Make Today Count , Center Street, First Center Street Edition: June 2008
  • Leadership Gold: Lessons I've Learned from a Lifetime of Leading , Thomas Nelson – March 2008
  • The 360 ​​° Leader , Thomas Nelson, January 2006 - 1 of Executive Book Summaries 30 Best Business Books in 2003
  • Winning With People , Thomas Nelson, December 2004 - 1 of Executive Book Summaries 30 Best Business Books in 2005
  • Today Matters , Warner Books , April 2004
  • There's no such thing as "business ethics" , (There's Only ONE RULE for Making Decisions), Warner Business Books 2003
  • Thinking For a Change , Warner Business Books , March 2003
  • Running with the giants , 2002, ISBN 978-0-4465-3069-9
  • Your Road Map for Success , Thomas Nelson, March 2002 (Orig.titled: The Success Journey , Thomas Nelson, 1997)
  • Leading from the lockers , 2001, ISBN 978-0-8499-7722-0
  • The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork , Thomas Nelson, August 2001
  • Failing Forward – Turning Your Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success , Thomas Nelson, 2000
  • The 21 indispensable qualities of a leader , 1999, ISBN 978-0-7852-6796-6
  • The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership , Thomas Nelson, 1998
  • Partners in Prayer , 1996
  • Developing the Leaders Around You , Thomas Nelson, 1995 (Repackaged 2003)
  • Developing the Leader Within You , Thomas Nelson, 1993 (Repackaged 2001)
  • Be a People Person , Cook Communications (Originally Chariot-Victor Books, 1989)
  • Be All You Can Be , Cook Communications (Originally Chariot-Victor Books, 1987)

German translations

  • Character and charisma - The 21 most important qualities of successful leaders , Brunnen , Gießen 2017, ISBN 978-3-7655-4304-3 (6th edition)
  • Today counts: twelve daily habits - the guarantee for the success of tomorrow , Entfalt, Landshut-Kumhausen 2014, ISBN 978-3-941986-08-4
  • The 15 Laws of Success - What you need to know in order to grow as a personality , Börsenmedien, Kulmbach 2013, ISBN 978-3-86470-092-7
  • This is how successful people think - The relationship between your head and your quality of life , Börsenmedien, Kulmbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-86470-002-6
  • Leadership - The 21 most important leadership principles , Brunnen, Gießen 2011, ISBN 978-3-7655-4121-6 (5th edition)
  • Your dream put to the test - ten questions that will help you see your dream crystal clear and make it come true , Entfalt, Landshut-Kumhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-941986-02-2
  • The Maxwell concept: develop your leadership quality , Wiley-VCH-Verlag, Weinheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-527-50442-8
  • The prayer factor - How you can give your prayer life new strength and pray powerfully for pastor and congregation , Brunnen, Giessen 2005, ISBN 978-3-7655-1354-1
  • The decision formula - How ethical action leads to success , Brunnen, Gießen 2005, ISBN 978-3-7655-1886-7
  • Golden rules of work and life - ... copied from Esther, Noah & Co. , Brunnen, Gießen 2004, ISBN 978-3-7655-1864-5
  • Wake up what's in you - ... and shape your future , Brunnen, Gießen 2003, ISBN 978-3-7655-1279-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/68.John_C_Maxwell
  2. ^ " Hardcover Business Bestsellers ", New York Times (May 6, 2006).
  3. ^ " Hardcover Business Bestsellers ", New York Times (April 11, 1999).
  4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.injoy.com
  5. ↑ http://www.iequip.org/about/
  6. ^ Gotthard Westhoff: The "John C. Maxwell Concept." The Elder Statesman of Leadership in Conversation on Quality of Leadership in Churches , Willow Creek Magazine, Giessen 1/2017, pages 3-11
  7. ^ Gotthard Westhoff: The "John C. Maxwell Concept." The Elder Statesman of Leadership in Conversation on Quality of Leadership in Churches , Willow Creek Magazine, Giessen 1/2017, pages 3-11
  8. ↑ http://www.johnmaxwell.com/blog/the-5-levels-of-leadership
personal data
SURNAME Maxwell, John C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maxwell, John Calvin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American evangelical pastor, author, public speaker, and management expert
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Garden City , Michigan