John Maxwell Research Paper

Leadership is very important in life. It has been taught by a lot of people in many different ways. Only a few authors are the best at explaining it. John Calvin Maxwell is one of those few authors. John Maxwell is known across the globe as motivational author, speaker, and founder of multiple organizations, he also teaches people about leadership, teamwork, and how to be successful. John Maxwell was born on February 20, 1947 in Garden City, Michigan. He grew up in Michigan. He attended Ohio Christian University, and graduated with a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry. After being around his father, Melvin Maxwell, who was also a Pastor, John decided to become one too. Fifty years ago John had “an unstoppable desire
When John first started, the church in Hillham only offered him eighty dollars a week and expected him to get other part-time jobs to make enough money. Margaret stepped in and said “No, even if the salary is part-time, John will give all his energy to the church full-time. He is going to become a great leader” (Maxwell, 116). During that time Margaret worked three different jobs to earn enough money to pay for their living. John also likes to mention what his purpose in life is in some of his books. He has a lot of different purposes, but his main purpose is to help others. For fifty years he has been working on “improving his life to help improve the lives of others” (Maxwell,1). One of the reasons he writes his books is to help people be successful. All of John Maxwell’s books eventually come back one thing, leadership. That is what he teaches. John Maxwell said “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way” (Maxwell, N/A). He teaches a little different than most leadership authors, in the book The Difference Maker he says that most speakers say attitude is everything, but to him “Attitude isn’t everything, but is one thing
Every year he speaks to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and organizations like the United States Military Academy at West Point, the national football league, and the United Nations. When he first started giving speeches he spent most of his time giving lectures, but now since he is more popular, people want ask him questions for most of his time. John Maxwell has received a lot of different awards. Some of them include him being identified as the #1 leader in business by the American Management Association, and the world’s most influential leadership expert by Business Insider and Inc. Magazine in 2014. He has been named the World’s Top Leadership Guru by leadershipgurus.net, and has been rewarded Amazon’s 10th Anniversary Hall of Fame. One of his biggest accomplishments is to be the founder of his own organization, EQUIP. It was founded in 1996 by John Maxwell and his brother, Larry. It is a non-profit organization that trains Christian Leaders to impact families, communities, and nations. They have trained more than 6 million leaders in 196 different countries and have 18,000