John Maxwell, Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently. Thomas Nelson, 2010.
Referenced in:
- Leadership Development Through Communication Competence
- John Maxwell Leadership Library, Inspiring Leadership
Brief Intro to Maxwell
John Maxwell is perhaps the most widely-read author on leadership and life-effectiveness today. For this reason, LifeandLeadership.com cross-lists Maxwell’s writings under different categories:
- Inspiring Leadership — Maxwell is a strong leader in his own right, and equips people to exercise leadership that inspires others to greatness.
- Leadership and Life-Effectiveness — In a manner similar to many authors in the success genre, Maxwell presents his insights, whether on leadership or life in general, in terms of what it means to lead a more effective life.
Each of his volumes makes a solid contribution to literature on these subjects, but with so many titles, it is often hard to know where to start. The LifeandLeadership.com Ministry Resource Guide on the John Maxwell Leadership Library may help readers understand the unique value of each of his works, and how each relates to the others.
LifeandLeadership.com Summary
The focus on this volume is how to get something across effectively through connecting with people. Maxwell covers five principles and five practices toward that end.
Five Connecting Principles
- Connecting increases your influence in every situation
- Connecting is all about others
- Connecting goes beyond words
- Connecting always requires energy
- Connecting is more skill than natural talent
Five Connecting Practices
- Connecters connect on common ground
- Connecters do the difficult work of keeping it simple
- Connecters create an experience everyone enjoys
- Connecters inspire people
- Connecters live what they communicate
From the Publisher
The world’s most respected leadership expert gives five principles and five practices for breaking the invisible barrier to leadership and personal success.
You have a good idea but can’t convince your peers of its merit. You crafted a groundbreaking strategy, but the team trudges on in the same old way. Certain people move forward in their career while you seem to be stuck. If this describes you or someone you know, the problem is not the quality of what you have to offer. The problem is how you connect with people to create the results you desire.
In Everyone Communicates, Few Connect, John Maxwell takes readers through the Five Connecting Principles and the Five Connecting Practices of top-notch achievers. He believes that a person’s ability to create change and results in any organization-be it a company, church, nonprofit, or even a family-is directly tied to the ability to use the teachings of this book.
About the Authors
John C. Maxwell is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, coach, and author who has sold over 19 million books. Dr. Maxwell is the founder of EQUIP and the John Maxwell Company, organizations that have trained more than 5 million leaders worldwide. Every year he speaks to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and organizations as diverse as the United States Military Academy at West Point, the National Football League, and the United Nations. A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week best-selling author, Maxwell has written three books which have each sold more than one million copies: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. You can find him at JohnMaxwell.com and follow him at Twitter.com/JohnCMaxwell.
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