21 irrefutable laws of leadership

21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

Group 4Pankaj Kumar (PGP 30262) | Nishant Joshi (PGP30026) | Preet Komal (PGP

30332) | Dorian Barthelemy (IEP16012) | Caclin Emeline (IEP16011)

About the book• Collection of what Maxwell identified as

absolute qualities of effective leaders• Encourages readers to assess their own

leadership strengths and weaknesses• Book provides readers a quick reference to

improvement areas • 21 “laws” to leadership that are universally true

no matter where one may lead in any culture or society

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01

Sucess without leadership

Sucess with leadership

Sucess without leadership

Sucess with

leadership

Dick and Maurice Ray Kroc

2 |THE LAW OF INFLUENCE

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HIP

3 | LAW OF PROCESS

ANYBODY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A LEADER

BUT NO OVERNIGHT SUCCESS

I DON’T KNOW WHAT I DON’T

KNOWI KNOW WHAT I DON’T KNOW

I GROW AND KNOW AND IT

STARTS TO SHOW 

I SIMPLY GO BECAUSE OF

WHAT I KNOW 

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MIND & BODY

4| LAW OF NAVIGATION

SOUTH

POLEAMUNDSENTHE WINNER

SCOTT

A LEADER IS A

NAVIGATOR !!SEE the trip

ahead

DRAW on past

experience

LISTEN to

what others have to say

EXAMINE the

condition before making

comments

MAKE SURE

their conclusio

ns represent both faith and fact

NAVIGATION STRATEGY

A llow time for acceptance H ead into actionE xpect problemsA lways point to the successesD aily review your plan

P redetermine a course of action L ay out your goalsA djust your prioritiesN otify key personnel

When the Real Leader Speaks, People Listen• Leader can be easily recognized from one group

of people by the influence he exerts over the group

Seven key areas that cause leaders to step forward: • Character• Relationships• Knowledge• Intuition• Experience• Past Success• Ability

5 | LAW OF E. F. Hutton

• Trust as the Foundation of Leadership

• Role character plays in creating a solid ground

• How the government lose popular support by their actions?

6 | LAW OF Solid Ground

7 | LAW OF RESPECT

“People naturally follow leaders stronger than themselves”

“when people respect you as a person, they admire you ”

8 | LAW OF INTUITION

“people are intuitive in their area of strength ”

“Intuition is the hardest leadership skills because it has a lot to do with natural aptitude for seeing all of the factors at once ”

“They know the situation before they have all the facts ”

09 | LAW OF MAGNETISM

“ Who you are

is who you attract ”

Why does like attract like?

Attitudes

Personality

TraitsMannerisms

Peer Group

10 | LAW OF CONNECTION

“ …touch a heart beforeyou ask for a hand…”

Build Relations

Not Networks!

11 | LAW OF INNER CIRCLE

“ [your] potential is determined by those closest to you”

12:LAW OF EMPOWERMENT

Only secure leaders give

power to others

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done

13:LAW OF REPRODUCTION

When the leaders show the way with the right actions, their followers copy them and succeed

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith

14. The Law of Buy-In

The leader finds the dream and then the people. The people find the leader and then the dream

People follow worthy leaders who promote worthy causes they can believe in.

People buy into the leader first, then the leader’s vision

Law of buy in causes people to take one of four actions:-

1. Look for another leader when they do not buy into the leader or the leader’s vision

2. Look for another leader when they do not buy into the leader but buy into the vision

3. Seek to change the vision when they buy into the leader but not into the vision

4. Support the leader and the vision when they buy into both

15 - The law of victory

"What is our aim ? I answer in one word : Victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be : for with our victory, there is no survival.“

Winston Churchill

Unity of vision

Three components of victory

Diversity of skills

A leader dedicated to victory and raising players to their potential

16 - The law of Big Mo

Momentum Is a Leader's Best Friend

TWO KEYS

Motivation

Preparation

17. THE LAW OF PRIORITIES

JUST BECAUSE WE ARE DOING MORE DOESN’T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THAT WE’RE BEING SUCCESSFUL AND ACCOMPLISHING OUR MISSION

PARETO PRINCIPLE

THE THREE R’s :• What is RECQUIRED• What gives the greatest RETURN • What brings the greatest REWARD

YOU HAVE TO

GIVE UP TO GO UP

18. THE LAW OF SACRIFICE

SACRIFICE IS AN ON-GOING PROCESS, NOT A ONE TIME PAYMENT

19 | LAW OF TIMING

“ When to lead is as important as what to do and where to go”

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WRONG ACTION RIGHT ACTION

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20. The Law of Explosive Growth

To add growth, lead followers. To multiply, lead leaders

Leaders who attract Followers Leaders who develop LeadersNeed to be needed Want to be succeededDevelop the bottom 20% Develop the top 20%Focus on weaknesses Focus on strengthsTreat everyone the same Treat individuals differentlyGrow by addition Grow by multiplication

TRUE LEADERS DON’T CREATE FOLLOWERS. THEY CREATE MORE LEADERS.