Maxwell's Leadership Myth #5: The Position Myth

John C. Maxwell, p. 16 of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Follow Them and People Will Follow You, (Nelson Books, 1998), says:

The greatest misunderstanding about leadership is that people think it's based on position, but it's not...'It's not the position that makes the leader; it's the leader that makes the position.'

Obama didn't get in front of all those people because he had a position. He had no position at the start. All those people followed him because he's a leader and able to develop a winning strategy to implement those leadership skills and get elected. You have to agree with this no matter what you think of his policies.

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