Want to grow as a leader? What's the "lid" holding you back?

As an overview, consider the following 4 ideas:

1. The Laws of Leadership can be learned
2. The Laws Can Stand Alone
3. The Laws Carry Consequences – follow them, and people will follow you. Ignore them, and people will NOT follow you.
4. These Laws are the Foundation of Leadership – once you learn them, you need to practice and apply them to your life.

This week I’m spending some time thinking about “The Law of the Lid” –

John Maxwell in his book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, says:
“Leadership Ability Determines a Person’s Level of Effectiveness”

What’s your level of effectiveness? Let’s say that you’re naturally a 5 on a scale of 10 – just about average. You’re a solid individual performer who leads yourself, and you experience success. That’s good. But we’re really talking about “you leading *you*” not “you leading others.)

If we graph that, it might look something like this:
(Please excuse the graphics – I know I have poor drawing skills.)

Let’s say you invest in study and application of these concepts and you raise your level to a 7 out of 10.

All of a sudden, you’ll see significant increase in your leadership effectiveness. Now the graph looks something like this:

You just LEAPT up from an area of 25 to an area of 49 – almost doubling your leadership capacity by only growing 2 points on a 10 point scale!

• Talent is not enough.
• Dedication is not enough.

You need to learn and apply these leadership concepts to “Raise Your Game.” This brings you to a whole new level of results.

Now, what’s holding down that lid of yours?

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