The 5 Levels of Leadership
There are Born Leaders and Leaders Who Develop Over Time.
(These Are The 5 Levels Of Leadership) according to John Maxwell
Decide where you are currently in your growth and where you need to go…
Level #1
Position – This is the entry level of leadership. In a traditional business this would be the manager who has leadership authority based on his position. The employees follow him because they have to. It is usually not a voluntary following but out of the need for a job. In Network Marketing this would be the new member who is just getting started and has a few new distributors in his downline. He has sort of a following but has not developed the higher leadership skills.
Level #2
Permission – This level of leadership is when you begin to develop influence. At this level of leadership people understand that you care about them and they begin to work for you even when not obligated to do so. A leader in the Permission level is leading by interrelationships. This leader develops relationships with his team members and focuses his time and energy into the individuals desires and needs. This is the Network Marketer who has a small team and is helping them to develop and learn to build their own team.
Level #3
Production – This is where things really begin to come together and a momentum begins to build. Instead of spending time on relationship building like in the Permission level you are now getting together with your members for the specific purpose of results. These are more business like meetings focused on growth and strategy. They are result oriented meetings. This is when big profits begin to kick in and moral is high.
Level #4
People Development – At this level of leadership you have loyal followers because they have personally grown and developed directly due to the mentoring and coaching you have put into them. This is the Network Marketer with a huge team of members who admire him. This is the kind of leader that can leave one company for another and take his entire team with him. Also at this level you have other strong leaders working under you and replicating your results.
Level #5
Personhood – Most leaders don’t reach this level. These are the leaders who are recognized by name. These are the Brian Tracy’s, the Jim Rohn’s the Robert Kiyosaki’s of the world. These leaders have developed this level over a lifetime of commitment.
Where are you in your own personal growth and what are you going to do to reach higher levels of leadership? Your business growth and profit will be a direct result of your leadership abilities. Remember people don’t follow companies or products. They follow leaders and if you are a accomplished leader people will join whatever business you are in.
Scott Marvin
This is one of the reasons that I love the MLM Lead System that you and I use. It helps propel us to the next level and beyond.
Thanks for sharing this information. I have always stated that building your own business is the best personal development tool around. You find out things about yourself that you did not even want to know
but it pushes to the next level.
Press On,
Kathy Sammons
Incredible site!