Three of 21 Irrefutable LAWS of Leadership

3. The Law of Process - Leadership Develops Daily, Not in a Day

Becoming a leader is a lot like investing successfully in the stock market. If your hope is to make a fortune in a day, you're not going to be successful. What matters most is what you do day by day over the long haul. If you continually invest in your leadership development, letting your "assets" compound, the inevitable result is growth over time.

Phase 1:  I Don't Know What I Don't Know

As long as people don't know what they don't know, they aren't going to grow.

Phase 2:  I Know That I Need to Know 

Many people find themselves placed in a leadeship position only to look around and discover that no one is following them. When that happens, they realize that they need to learn how to lead.

Phase 3:  I Know What I Don't Know 

To grow as leaders, people have to realize they don't have all the answers or the skills as leaders. They need others on their journey of growth.

Phase 4:  I Know and Grow, and It Starts to Show 

When people recognize their lack of skill and begin the daily discipline of personal growth, exciting things start to happen.

Phase 5:  I Simply Go Because of What I Know 

People's ability to lead becomes almost automatic. They develop great instincts. And that's when the payoff is incredible.

- John Maxwell

I am not a natural born leader! I recognize that so I have read a lot of books, and watched other leaders, and asked for help to be able to grow into the kind of leader that people respect, trust and follow. John Maxwell is a great teacher and I have learned a lot from him.