Maxwell's Law of the Lid explained honestly - and what raising it actually requires. John Maxwell has a principle he calls the Law of the Lid . It goes like this: your leadership ability determines your level of effectiveness . The lower your ability to lead - yourself, your relationships, your environment - the lower the lid on your potential. No matter how hard you work or how talented you are, you cannot produce at a level higher than your leadership lid. When I first heard this, I thought it was about managing teams. About being a good boss. About having direct reports who perform. It took me a while to understand that the most important lid is not the one over your team. It is the one over yourself. What does self-leadership actually mean? Self-leadership is not motivation. It is not discipline, in the way most people use that word. It is not waking up at 5am or having a morning routine or meditating before your emails. (I know you thought I was about to go...
Management is a journey that never ends. There are so many perspectives on how to manage a business, how to manage people, and how to achieve exceptional results, that there will also be a place for yet another opinion. What's yours ?