The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

Coach Wooden said, “Success is peace of mind

I understood that ultimately the winning or losing may not be under my control. What was under my control was how I prepared myself and our team

Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn

Someone once asked Billy Graham what the most surprising thing about life was. “The brevity of it,” he replied.

The reality is that no one is indispensible

You don’t stay on top without focus, humility, and hard work

If you become a Level 5 leader, never forget that like everyone else, you started at the bottom as a positional leader. You had to work to build relationships. You had to prove your productivity. And investing in the lives of others came about only with effort. Be confident, but also be humble. If you’ve become successful, it’s only because a lot of other people helped you all along the way

Success is viewed as ‘deserved’ rather than fortuitous, fleeting, or even hard earned in the face of daunting odds; people begin to believe that success will continue almost no matter what the organization decides to do, or not to do.

The Highest Goal of Leadership Is to Develop Leaders, Not Gain Followers or Do Work

Jack Benny quit as manager. “How can I manage them,” he quipped, “if they won’t follow orders?”