The 5 Levels of Leadership

This post is based on another SendOutCards call by Steve Schulz on February 12, 2018. And again we look to John Maxwell for some leadership tips.

The first half of the call is all SOC stuff, but in the second half is when Steve gets into talking about leadership.

We're all leaders in various aspects of our lives, whether we know it or not. It's what we do with those leadership roles that determines how successful we are.

The 5 levels, from lowest to highest, are:

1. Position
2. Permission
3. Production
4. People Development
5. Pinnacle

In the first level, people have to follow you because of your title...maybe you're a supervisor at work, or a coach, or a parent. But as you go up each level, people follow you more and more because they want to...because respect has been earned.

How does this relate to your network marketing business? You become a leader when you sign up your first customer or first team member. These people look to you for leadership because you're the person who brought them in; that is, your position in the company. However, if you don't grow you'll find that you'll lose customers and team members...I know I have. To move onto Level 2, you need to develop a relationship with your followers. And when you develop a relationship, you can motivate others to produce, which is Level 3. In Level 4, you develop new leaders and in Level 5, you're followed because of who you are and what you represent.

Take some time to listen to the call and check out John Maxwell's page for more details.

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