Yesterday I had the privilege of attending John Maxwell’s Live2Lead Conference featuring Jeff Henderson, Ed Mylett, Valorie Burton, and others.  The event was an opportunity to learn from elite thinkers and gain leadership principles and personal growth techniques from their time-tested teaching.  It was an INCREDIBLE event!!!  I can’t recommend enough you purchase the digital replays when they become available.

The content was so rich and meaningful I want to share the best thoughts with you.

60 Leadership Quotes From John Maxwell’s Live2Lead Conference featuring Jeff Henderson, Ed Myles, Valorie Burton, Jamie Kern Lima, Tim Elmore, Don Yeager, and Joel Manby

John Maxwell’s 7 Questions To Ask Of Your Inner-Circle ***BONUS***

  1. “Do they live out good values?” – Values determine the culture of the company.
  2. “Do they have high influence with others?”
  3. “Do they have high giftedness that compliments the team?”
  4. “Can they lead well and equip others?” – Can they replace themselves?
  5. “Are they a good fit for the inner-circle?” – I don’t have a desire to have anyone on my team I don’t like.
  6. “Can they produce outstanding results?” – There’s nothing worse than having leaders who don’t produce. People do what people see.
  7. “Do they value people and do they serve them?”

Additional Comments From John:

  1. “I won the parent lottery, what can I say.”
  2. “You don’t have to curse the darkness. You can turn on the light.”
  3. “God created you for a purpose and He designed you to make a difference.”
  4. “You can’t make me stop loving you and stop valuing you. So don’t even try.”
  5. “I’ve been with you long enough to earn the credibility to tell you there is hope to change your life today.

Also, make sure you purchase John’s new book. The Self-Aware Leader: Play to Your Strengths, Unleash Your Team by clicking HERE.

Jeff Henderson 

Named by Forbes Magazine as one of 20 speakers you shouldn’t miss, Jeff Henderson has become a trusted voice for businesses and non-profit organizations.  His career experience not only inspires groups and individuals but also provides tangible strategies to help them grow.  Jeff’s Know What You’re FOR: A Growth Strategy for Work, An Even Better Strategy for Life is a must-have for any church or business wanting to better serve its community.

  1. “What the world needs right now is leaders who know what they are for.”
  2. “It’s not about being the best company in the world. It’s about being the best company for the world.”
  3. “How you view life determines how you do life.”
  4. “People who feel cared more, do more.”
  5. “When you compete more on purpose than profit, your profits grow.”
  6. “A business is no longer what a it tells the customers it is. A business is what it’s customers tell the customers what it is.”
  7. “The pathway to your dream job leads through your day job.”

Jamie Kern Lima

Jamie is a New York Times bestselling author and Founder of IT Cosmetics, a company she started in her living room and grew to the largest luxury makeup brand in the country.  Jamie sold the company to L’Oréal in a billion-dollar deal and became the first female CEO of a brand in its 100+ year history.  She’s the author of the new book Believe IT: How to Go From Underestimated to Unstoppable, an instant New York Times bestseller.

  1. “Your greatest struggles and setbacks can actually become your greatest source of contribution and fulfillment.”
  2. “Our setbacks are God’s setups for what we’re going to do next.”
  3. “No one can tell you how big your God-sized dream can be.”
  4. “The single greatest decision I made was I believed I could build a great business.”
  5. “You’ve got to get really good at cheering for yourself.”
  6. “Most people only cheer you on after you’ve made it.”

Valorie Burton

Valorie Burton, life strategist, and international speaker, is CEO of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute.  She was named one of the top 60 motivational speakers in America and one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in the field of personal development.

  1. “Coaching is the one-on-one about what you’re writing and speaking about.”
  2. “We need coaching and resilience more than ever because we’re facing more than ever.”
  3. “Success takes resilience.”
  4. “Success requires we continually bounce back from setbacks.”
  5. “The power of your vision multiplies when you write it in the present tense.”
  6. “If your best friend were through your biggest challenge, how would you treat them and what would you say?”
  7. “We are often more kind to our friends and family members as we are to ourselves.”
  8. “Self-compassion reduces cortisone levels and stress in our lives.”

Ed Mylett

Ed is one of the premier business leaders, peak performance experts, and motivational speakers in the world.  He has a passion for mentoring and coaching others on what it takes to become a champion in all areas of life.  Ed is the best selling author of #Max Out Your Life: Strategies for Becoming an Elite Performer, host of the top rated Max Out Your Life Podcast, and speaks all over the world.

  1. “Facts tell. Stories sell.  You are always making people feel something.  So what are you making them feel and are you intentional about it?”
  2. “Great persuaders are evangelical about their cause.”
  3. “People do not have to believe what you’re saying. You have to believe I believe what I’m saying.”
  4. “The most certain person always influences the less certain person.”
  5. “Everything in your life happens for you, not to you.”
  6. “My boys want to be loved, cared for, believe in them, and helped. So do all people.”
  7. “Get focused about winning with specificity.”
  8. “Getting into proximity of winning has a gravitational pull.”
  9. “You don’t tell someone what not to do, tell them what to do.”
  10. “It’s never too late to turn this thing around.”
  11. “Winning is more fun than fun is fun and get some momentum.”

Don Yeager

Don is a nationally acclaimed inspirational speaker, longtime Associate Editor of Sports Illustrated,  author of over 30 books, eleven of which have become New York Times Best-sellers, and host of Corporate Competitor Podcast.  His content today originated from his outstanding book Great Teams: 16 Things High Performing Organizations Do Differently which you can purchase by clicking HERE.

  1. “Success leaves clues.”
  2. “Don’t just build a team that knows its why but feels its why.”

Joel Manby

Joel Manby was the President, CEO, and Director of SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment. He stepped in when SeaWorld was mired in a brand crisis which caused sales and profits to plummet. Joel reset SeaWorld’s vision and guest experience, turning around sales and cash flow while improving the culture, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction scores.

For over a decade, he served as the President and CEO of Herschend Family Enterprises, which operated internationally respected brands such as the Harlem Globetrotters and Dolly Parton’s Dollywood Parks and Resorts. During this time, he developed the seven behaviors of the verb, love, which defined Herschend’s caring culture and inspired his book Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders.

  1. “Patient does not mean being patient with poor performance.”
  2. “Kindness is not being nice all the time. It is showing encouragement and enthusiasm.  Encouragement is in very short supply.”
  3. “Truthful – defining reality corporately and individually. People tend to be nice but not truthful.”
  4. “Always talk last.”
  5. “I see micromanagement more than any other mistake.”
  6. “There are so few decisions that can take a company down and are worth micromanaging over. Ask what’s the worst thing that can happen here and can I live with it?”
  7. “How can I get the best out of my people is the wrong question. How can I give my best is the right question.”

Tim Elmore

Tim is one of my absolute favorite leaders.  He is an author, leadership expert, and keynote speaker who’s trained more than 500,000 leaders in hundreds of organizations worldwide.  Tim is also the Founder and CEO of Growing Leaders, a non-profit team that equips students & young professionals around the world to become life-giving leaders.

His content originated from his new book The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership: Embracing the Conflicting Demands of Today’s Workplace.  Releasing on November 2nd, you are going to want this resource in your leadership library!  You can pre-order by clicking HERE.

The following are Tim’s 8 Paradoxes of Great Leadership:

  1. “Uncommon leaders balance confidence and humility.”
  2. “Your confidence makes your leadership believable. Your humility makes your confidence believable.”
  3. “Uncommon leaders balance their vision and their blindspots.”
  4. “Uncommon leaders embrace visibility and invisibility.”
  5. “There are times if a leader is in a meeting others will not speak up.”
  6. “The best leaders are both stubborn and open-minded.”
  7. “Truett Cathey was stubborn on his core values and his people.”
  8. “Uncommon leaders are deeply personal and inherently collective.”
  9. “I want no human being to die without being loved.” – Mother Teresa
  10. “Uncommon leaders are a teacher and a learner.”
  11. “Uncommon leaders model high standards and gracious forgiveness.”
  12. “High standards and no forgiveness results in no risk. Gracious forgiveness with low standards results in lackluster effort.”
  13. “Uncommon leaders are timely and timeless.”
  14. “Be timely and cutting edge in what you are doing but don’t leave behind timeless values that will always be successful.”

Once again, this conference was absolutely outstanding!  Make sure you don’t miss next year’s event!

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