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  • Written by: John C. Maxwell
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  • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Developing the Leader Within You 2.0

Written by: John C. Maxwell
Narrated by: John C. Maxwell
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In 1993, John C. Maxwell's now-classic work revolutionized the way leaders are made. By examining the differences between leadership styles, Maxwell outlines principles for inspiring, motivating, and influencing others from any type of leadership position - including as a business executive, a church leader, a teacher, or even a parent.

Now, the author has returned to his best seller to include the leadership insights and practices he has learned in the decades since the book first appeared. Thoroughly revised and with two additional chapters, Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 has updated these foundational principles and promises to provide for both new listeners as well as longtime fans of the original book the necessary wisdom to help any leader and organization succeed in fostering integrity, self-discipline, and effecting positive change.

Develop your vision. Develop your value. Develop the leader within you.    

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 John C. Maxwell (P)2018 Thomas Nelson

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Great book, not what I was hoping for.

I want a book that talk more on how to become a great leader. And less on how to be a great person.
I often zone out when listening it's too monotone for my liking

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Encouraging, doable, easy to listen to

His voice is easy to listen to, his theories are doable and is encouraging to test

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He lost me at "priest", just cant take them seriously even if he knows what he's talking about...

He lost me at "priest", just cant take them seriously even if he knows what he's talking about...

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Average Book

Was expecting more. Content is a little outdated. Too much story teller and talking about himself.

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happily stirred me up

Maxwell reads this irresistibly relatable text and every word is loaded, drawing me to the next. I love listening to this on the road, it causes me to reflect on myself and my journey. I didn't always have a pen and paper at hand while listening, but something that stuck is that I will make the most of everyday to be successful. I want to grow. Thank you for this John!!

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Nice, but too much religion

Great charism and great perspective. However, LOTS of references to religion, god, his career as a pasteur, how he lead his church(es), citations from the Bible, his foundations, etc. It felt a bit like listening to a guru at some point, which made me critical of his advices.

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Missing PDF

Description says there should be a pdf accompanying purchase in my library. It's's not there.

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Amazing book for anyone who wants to grow in any part of his or her life

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Great book!!

Keep a pen and paper handy. Take notes! This guy has perfected key points on leadership and exposed it all right here. After 40+ years of experience, I'd say he's a very intelligent writer, leader, and individual.

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Excellent book

I love John Maxwell books. Great info that is easily digested. Great for all current and aspiring leaders.

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  • Dave
  • 2019-03-29

Practical leadership

At first I was hesitant about Maxwell's work. I am not Christian, I am not at all religious, and I like to talk, fast. What first felt like slow progress with his book, turned into valuable lessons on leadership that will have a lasting impact on my style. I have been grilled at work for suggesting that we may not have the right people on the job. "Impossible," they say, as they believe any leader could turn anyone into a success. I disagree. My usual retort is that we mine as well go pick up some day workers at home depot, because we must have messiahs for leaders. (I work in software research on the edge of computer science). Maxwell discusses the 80/20 rule in a way that I hadn't thought of before. He invests 80% of his managerial time into 20% of his direct staff, meaning 1 in 5 will get his attention, and he expects to get 80% of the gains from that 20%. This is because he finds that only 1 in 5 people are worthy, capable, or willing to be coached and grow. I've been trying to do what my manager says to do, which is to bring everyone up equally. As he puts it, "what a mistake!"

I absolutely love this book.

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  • matthew
  • 2018-02-14

love the book can't find the pdf file

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

yes it is very insightful and i love all of his books.
i unfortunately can not find the pdf that was talked about in the first chapter :(

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  • Nick T
  • 2018-02-08

A must have for any level leader.

Would you listen to Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 again? Why?

Like Johns other books... they all inspire me to go back and listen to over and over.

What other book might you compare Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 to and why?

This compliments Johns other leadership books, and is similar to "The 5 Levels of Leadership." It's a must have addition to his collection.

Have you listened to any of John C. Maxwell’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have many of Johns other books and he is simply a pleasure to listen to. He is actually my favorite narrator and author.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I could easily listen to this in one setting if time permitted.

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This is my 8th book by John Maxwell, and I can't emphasis my recommendation for this book (and his others) enough. "Developing the Leader Within You 2.0" is a home run...The book covers the 5 levels of leadership in great detail while simplifying the process. Rather than get into the details of the book - I will say this... Whenever I recommend anything on leadership development I ALWAYS direct them to John Maxwell - and this book will be my 1st recommendation no matter what level of a leader I'm working with.

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  • David L Buckler
  • 2018-08-06

Excellent advice and book

Keep learning, keep reading, keep growing. I would recommend listening to this more than once.

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  • Andrew & Melissa
  • 2018-08-18

Another excellent book from Maxwell!

Best book yet - highly recommend! Practical, engaging, visionary - he knocks it out of the park!

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  • landry
  • 2018-09-25

Excellent piece of work!!!

Key leadership concepts elaborated in a clear and invigorating fashion. Thank you John for outdoing yourself once again

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  • Ralston hughes
  • 2018-04-26

Great job

I’m trying to get a higher position at my job. I hope that your books will help, because I know it helped several people already. Thanks for your wisdom

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2018-02-26

A great refresher for any leader!

John Maxwell's update to this book includes newer illustrations, fresh content, and some reconsidering of the older content. I found it full of helpful information as I seek to raise my leadership lid!

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  • Chris Harden
  • 2018-02-21

70% meat, 30% potatoes

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book to a friend and will do so for my colleagues as well. John C Maxwell does a good job of providing a great list of opportunities to improve your leadership and guidelines by which to do so. The majority of the first portion of the book up until the last couple of chapters offers lots of great references to other leaders and quotes as well as good instructions on where your mindset should be when thinking as a Leader. My favorite sections discuss the levels of leadership, and how you grow the influence you have and the type of leadership you provide as you push to the next level. I also really appreciated the concept of consciously thinking farther and bigger for your organization.

A couple of chapters at the end are a bit too soft in their advice, but still this is a great read.

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I enjoyed John's narration; it is clear he is a talented orator.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Man conveys lifelong lessons on growing your mindset to become a leader.

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  • Cristin
  • 2018-08-16

motivational

John Maxwell is a great author and leader. You can tell by his books that he's very passionate about helping people. He's a smart man that has read many books and listened to many advisors on the topic. He seems enthusiastic to share his ideas. As a female it's hard to put his ideas into practical action. It requires that everyone else has the same idealism as you do and that all other factors in your life allow you to focus just on your flock.. I do like the overall theme that being a good leader means being selfless. You need to put the needs of who you are leading ahead of your own personal agenda for wealth, status or recognition.

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