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    Relationships 101
    Relationships 101
    Relationships 101
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    Relationships 101

    By John Maxwell

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    Great leadership is built on great relationships. Let John C. Maxwell show you why relationships are the glue that holds successful teams together.

    Leadership is a relationship-intensive endeavor. If your people skills aren't strong, neither will be your leadership. Bestselling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell knows that if people aren't following you, then you're not really leading.

    In Relationships 101, Maxwell provides time-tested principles for developing healthy relationships with others?inside and outside of your organization?such as:

    • The fundamentals common to all good relationships
    • How to motivate people by knowing five things everyone has in common
    • How to create a lasting connection with people on your team
    • Why listening skills can be a leader's best friend
    • The crucial factor that creates the foundation of all good relationships
    • The most important relationship for any person's success

    Just about everything you do depends on teamwork. Regardless of your role or position in any community or organization, you will be involved with other people.

    Winning in every area of life comes from winning with people. Improve your leadership skills and areas of your life with Relationships 101!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateJan 13, 2004
    ISBN9781418577629
    Author

    John Maxwell

    John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 33 million books in fifty languages. He has been identified as the #1 leader in business and the most influential leadership expert in the world. His organizations - the John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation - have translated his teachings into seventy languages and used them to  train millions of leaders from every country of the world. A recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, as well as the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network, Dr. Maxwell influences Fortune 500 CEOs, the presidents of nations, and entrepreneurs worldwide. For more information about him visit JohnMaxwell.com.

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    Relationships 101 - John Maxwell

    Title Page with Thomas Nelson logo

    © 2003 by Maxwell Motivation, Inc., a Georgia Corporation

    All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the author.

    Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson.

    Thomas Nelson is a registered trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

    Published in association with Yates & Yates, www.yates2.com

    Scripture quotations noted NIV are from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

    Portions of this book were previously published in Becoming a Person of Influence,

    The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership,

    The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, and Your Road Map for Success.

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Maxwell, John C., 1947-

    Relationships 101 : what every leader needs to know / John C. Maxwell,

    p. cm.

    "Portions of this book were previously published in Becoming a person of influence,

    The 17 essential qualities of a team player, The 21 irrefutable laws of leadership,

    The 21 indispensable qualities of a leader, and Your road map for success."

    ISBN: 978-0-7852-6351-7 (hardcover)

    1. Leadership. 2. Interpersonal relations. 3. Success in business.

    I. Title.

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    CONTENTS

    Publisher's Preface

    PART I: THE NATURE OF RELATIONSHIPS

    1. Why Are Relationships Important to Success?

    2. What Do I Need to Know About Others?

    PART II: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF RELATIONSHIPS

    3. How Can I Encourage Others?

    4. How Can I Connect with People?

    5. How Can I Become a Better Listener?

    PART III: THE GROWTH OF RELATIONSHIPS

    6. How Can I Build Trust with Others?

    7. What Is My Most Important Relationship?

    8. How Can I Serve and Lead People at the Same Time?

    Notes

    About the Author

    PUBLISHER'S PREFACE

    No one undertakes a journey alone. We depend upon others constantly—in ways both tangible and intangible—to move us toward our destination. We cannot succeed without the help of others, but forming positive relationships can be a challenge. In Relationships 101, John Maxwell reveals the secrets behind connecting with other people. He points out the barriers to relationships, emphasizes the shared needs among people, and describes the ways to connect with others on many different levels. Naturally, he also shows how relationships impact leadership. Most of all, he explains how relationships help us reach our fullest potential.

    As America’s leadership expert, Dr. Maxwell has spent a lifetime helping others become successful. Through this series of books, his goal is to help others become a REAL success in four crucial areas: Relationships, Equipping, Attitude, and Leadership. Relationships 101 provides the fundamentals you need to master relationship skills. Equipping 101, Attitude 101, and Leadership 101 will give you the other skills you need to reach your goals.

    We are delighted to publish Relationships 101 because we recognize the significance of positive relationships in every aspect of life. Building positive relationships with others involves risk, but Dr. Maxwell shows that the rewards outweigh that risk. This short course on relationships will equip you with valuable skills for connecting with others as you journey toward success.

    PART I

    THE NATURE

    OF RELATIONSHIPS

    1

    WHY ARE RELATIONSHIPS

    IMPORTANT TO SUCCESS?

    Relationships are the glue that holds team members together.

    In the early 1960s, Michael Deaver was a young man with a political bent looking for a leader he could believe in and follow. The person he found was an actor-turned-politician named Ronald Reagan. In 1966, Reagan was elected governor of California, an office he would hold for two terms, from 1967 to 1975. During that tenure, Deaver became Reagan's deputy chief of staff, an office he also held when Reagan became the nation's fortieth president.

    Deaver admired many things about the man he worked with for thirty years: his convictions and love of country, his understanding of himself, his skill as a communicator, and his honesty. Deaver said, I would go so far as to say that he was actually incapable of dishonesty.¹ But perhaps what was most impressive about Ronald Reagan was his ability to relate to people.

    Deaver commented, Ronald Reagan was one of the shyest men I'd ever met.² Yet the president was able to connect with anyone, whether a head of state, a blue-collar worker, or a feisty member of the press. When asked about why Reagan had such rapport with the press corps, Deaver remarked, "Well, Reagan basically liked people, whether they were

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