Rachel	
  Cole	
   
                     Developing the Leader Within You  
                     By: John C. Maxwell 
                      
                     Other books by Maxwell: 
                         •   21 Laws of Leadership 
                         •   Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn 
                         •   The 360 Leader 
                         •   Winning with People  
                         •   The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader’s Day 
                      
                     Main Ideas:  
                         •   Leadership is influence 
                         •   Real Leadership is more than authority 
                         •   Leaders must live by higher standards than their 
                             followers  
                         •   “We teach what we know, we reproduce what we are. 
                             Like begets like” (22) 
                         •   Leadership is the ability to empower others not the 
                             ability to have power  
                         •   You must build relationships with your followers and invest time in them for 
                             them to invest time in you 
                      
                                                                                                          
                     	
  
                     Critical	
  Notes:	
  
                         •   I	
  agreed	
  with	
  his	
  theories	
  and	
  ideas	
  completely	
  because	
  I	
  am	
  a	
  very	
  
                             relationship-­‐oriented	
  leader.	
  	
  
                         •   I	
  liked	
  how	
  he	
  incorporated	
  exercises	
  among	
  his	
  theories	
  so	
  you	
  had	
  to	
  apply	
  
                             the	
  ideas	
  to	
  your	
  life	
  and	
  reflect	
  on	
  your	
  leadership	
  abilities	
  and	
  patterns.