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Law Firm Leadership: Maxwell’s 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader
I typed “leadership books” into the search engine on Amazon’s website. What would you guess? 1,000? 20,000? 50,000 different books on leadership? The number exceeded 170,000! I didn’t bother to look at them all . . . and you probably won’t either. But if you’re a current or aspiring law firm leader, I would certainly recommend John C. Maxwell’s The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. If you’re like me, and you’re wondering what the 21 qualities are because you can’t wait for the UPS truck to arrive in two days, I’ve listed all 21 below.
- Character – Be a Piece of the Rock
- Charisma – The First Impression Can Seal the Deal
- Commitment – It Separates Doers from Dreamers
- Communication – Without It You Travel Alone
- Competence – If You Build It, They Will Come
- Courage – One Person with Courage is a Majority
- Discernment – Put an End to Unsolved Mysteries
- Focus – The Sharper It Is, the Sharper You Are
- Generosity – Your Candle Loses Nothing When It Lights Another
- Initiative – You Won’t Leave Home Without It
- Listening – To Connect with Their Hearts, Using Your Ears
- Passion – Take This Life and Love It
- Positive attitude – If You Believe You Can, You Can
- Problem-solving – You Can’t Let Your Problems Be a Problem
- Relationships – If You Get Along, They’ll Go Along
- Responsibility – If You Won’t Carry the Ball, You Can’t Lead the Team
- Security – Competence Never Compensates for Insecurity
- Self-discipline – The Person You Lead Is You
- Servanthood – To Get Ahead, Put Others First
- Teachability – To Keep Leading, Keep Learning
- Vision – You Can Seize Only What You Can See
Perhaps a good leadership aspirational checklist for all of us.
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