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May 28
37m 37s

How to Be a Relatable Leader

JOHN MAXWELL
About this episode

The greatest way to identify with other people is to say, I know what youre going through. In todays episode, John C. Maxwell is sharing a lesson on how you can be a relatable leader for the people around you! 

After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede sit down to have a conversation on what John has shared, as well as offer you practical leadership wisdom and application. 

Key takeaways: 

  • Adversity makes you relatable to others. 

  • Success and failure are not opposites. 

  • Wisdom always comes out of crisis. 

Our BONUS resource for this episode is the How to Be a Relatable Leader Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from Johns teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Relatable and clicking Download the Bonus Resource. 

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