Category: Leadership Qualities

5 Practices of Amplified Leadership

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place. - Thomas Jefferson
Today is Thomas Jefferson’s birthday. I often use the quote above from our 3rd President in different leadership talks.

In more than 20 years of Human Resources experience, I can attest to that truth from Thomas Jefferson. When you get the right person in the right job, John Maxwell’s 12th Law of Leadership—The Law of Empowerment—kicks in.

Dan Reiland, who worked closely with Maxwell for 20 years—first as Executive Pastor at Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, then as Vice President of Leadership and Church Development at INJOY—authored a book called Amplified Leadership in 2011.

In the book, he outlines 5 practices to establish influence, build people, and impact others for a lifetime. Jefferson would be among the first to endorse these practices to get the right people in the right places at the right times.

Click here to learn more about the 5 Practices from Amplified Leadership.

Are You Giving Power Away?

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. - Theodore Roosevelt

Do you want your team members to reach their full potential, as they shoot for the stars? If so, you need to give them power. When a leader can’t or won’t empower others, he creates barriers within the organization that people cannot overcome. If the barriers persist, people move to another organization where they can maximize their potential, or even worse, they stay in your organization and give up.

If you want to be an Out of This World Leader, you have to empower others. As Theodore Roosevelt put it, “The best executive is one who has the sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and the self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”

John Maxwell’s 12th Law of Leadership—the Law of Empowerment—notes “only secure leaders give power to others.”

Click here to learn from Barnabas’ example with Paul in Acts 9.