1. John Maxwell’s
The Five Levels
of Leadership
Your Key to Project Success!

2. Based on the talk by:
JOHN C. MAXWELL
• American author, professional speaker
and pastor
• Recognized by American Management
Association as #1 among the Top 30
Leaders in Business for 2014

4. “LEADERSHIP IS
NOT A NOUN,
IT’S A VERB…
IT’S ACTION,
IT’S
MOVEMENT”

5. LEVEL NO. : THE POSITION LEVEL
RIGHTS
PEOPLE
FOLLOW YOU
BECAUSE
THEY HAVE
TO !!

6. PEOPLE DON’T “LIKE” TO
HAVE TO FOLLOW
PEOPLE….
BECAUSE THEY
“HAVE”
TO FOLLOW
PEOPLE!!

7. DOES POSITION
MAKE ONE A
LEADER??

8. UPSIDE OF LEVEL 1 DOWNSIDE OF LEVEL 1

9. LEVEL NO. : THE PERMISSION LEVEL
RELATIONSHIPS
PEOPLE NOW BEGIN
TO FOLLOW YOU
BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO !!!
Because now….
You have the ability to
CONNECT with people

10. NOW YOU ARE A SUPERVISOR THAT
PEOPLE LIKE..THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT!!
Relationships
with people
are the
foundation of
leadership
Leadership is INFLUENCE,
and you cannot influence
somebody that you
ANTAGONIZE !!

11. 3 things which leaders do extremely
well to be a RELATIONAL LEADER!!
THEY LISTEN WELL
They take all their
leadership cues by
walking slowly through
the CROWD
and listening

12. They Constantly OBSERVE
where their People are &
what are they DOING

13. THEY ARE LEARNING !!

15. In this 3-step Process,
Leaders develop an Attitude of SERVANTHOOD
They now know how to serve they do serve  they love to serve

16. LEVEL NO. : THE PRODUCTION LEVEL
RESULTS
PEOPLE NOW BECOME
EFFECTIVE AS A
LEADER BECAUSE
THEY PRODUCE!!
This is the PROBLEM
SOLVING level of Leadership

17. Leaders begin to gain
CREDIBILTY at this level
They model things for their
people which they want to
see because now they
PRODUCE!
What’s Your Credibility Score?????

18. What’s the LAW OF MAGNETISM??
WE ATTRACT WHO
WE ARE, NOT WHO
WE WANT!!

19. MANAGERS solve problems
while
LEADERS create
MOMENTUM
which solves 80% of the
problems

20. LEVEL NO. : THE PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT LEVEL
People Now Begin to
Understand the Most
Appreciable Asset Of
the Organization :
It’s People!
They Commit Themselves to
Develop the People Of their
Organization
REPRODUCTION

21. A company grows by
growing it’s people
When it’s people
increase their
capacity to do more
work and
TO ACCOMPLISH
HOW DOES A COMPANY REALLY GROW??

22. 3 thoughts on Developing people

23. 80% of the success of “Equipping People
To Be Successful Is In The Front Door”
on who you bring in!!
RECRUITMENT

24. The ability to not only
bring the right person
in the front door but
also put him in the
“RIGHT PLACES” !!
POSITIONING

25. SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE vs. SUCCESSFUL LEADERS
They have find their niche and they stay
and work on that sweet spot
Successful people have discovered what
they’re good at!!
Successful people position themselves well
Successful leaders discover what other
people are good at !!
Successful leaders position their other people
well

26. TRAINING

27. – STEP PROCESS FOR TRAINING AND
EQUIPPING YOUR PEOPLE
I Do It
• Reproduce
what you
know
I Do It
And You
Are With
Me
• Mentoring &
coaching by
observing the
leader and
being with
him/her
You Do It
And I’m
With You
• Help people
to get better,
fine tuning by
watching &
tweaking
them
You Do It,
Do It By
Yourself
• Leader’s
assistance is
not required
anymore
You Do It
And
Somebody
Is With
You
• Compounding
by training
someone else
to continue
the process
5

28. LEVEL NO. : THE PINNACLE LEVEL
RESPECT
Because Of Your Qualities,
Because Of What You Have
Earned With So Many For So
Long!
It takes a ‘long’ time to get to this level
PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY FOLLOW
YOU BECAUSE OF WHO YOU
ARE, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!

29. Leadership is an always
ongoing, always learning
and growing process

31. People Are on Different Levels With Different People

32. HOW TO APPLY THIS TO YOURSELF??
• Understand at what level you are with each person you lead
• This tells you how to lead each and every one of them
• People always see a leader through the 5 levels of the grid
• The commitment level is higher, the higher you go with your people
• Different people react differently since they’re at different levels with you
LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE, ALWAYS HAS BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE!
&
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO INCREASE THAT INFLUENCE WITHIN YOURSELF
GOING FURTHER….

33. A Quick Recap
Position
Rights
People follow
because they
have to
Permission
Relationships
People follow
because they want to
Production
Results
People follow
because of what
you have done for
the organization
People
Development
Reproduction
People follow
because of what
you’ve done for
them
Pinnacle
Respect
People follow
because of who you
are and what you
represent

35. CREDITS
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwXeg8ThWI
John Maxwell The 5 Levels of Leadership
• http://www.johnmaxwell.com/
The John Maxwell Company
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/11/15/the-20-people-
skills-you-need-to-succeed-at-work/
The 20 People Skills You Need To Succeed At Work
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyaprive/2012/12/19/top-10-qualities-
that-make-a-great-leader/
Top 10 Qualities That Make A Great Leader
Please view the original talk at the following link :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwXeg8ThWI

36. Prof. Sameer Mathur
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
Marketing Professor: August 2013- Present
McGill University
Marketing Professor : July 2009 – July 2013
Carnegie Mellon University
Ph.D. in Marketing : August 2003 – June 2009
These slides were created by Juhi Saxena , PGP30027 ,
IIM Lucknow , as a part of MBA course “Personal Branding”
(www.MBASkills.in) taught by Prof. Sameer Mathur

37. THANK YOU !