BOOK REVIEW/SUMMARY

THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP

GROUP MEMBERS
NOSHABA MAQSOOD
MUHAMMAD AWAIS
KHADIJA PARVAIZ
1. LAW OF THE LID:

 Your leadership ability always determines your effectiveness and

your potential impact on your organization

 Smart, talented people are able to go so far because of the

limitations of their leadership

 To reach the highest level of effectiveness, you have to raise your

leadership lid
2. THE LAW OF INFLUENCE

The true measure of Leadership is influence – nothing more, nothing less The
true leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from
influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned
Five Myths about Leadership:
 Leading and managing are the same Factors that make a Leader
 Entrepreneurs are skilled at seeing  Character – Who they are
opportunities and going after them  Relationships – Who they know
 Neither IQ nor education  Knowledge – What they know
necessarily equates to leadership  Intuition – What they feel
 Being a trendsetter is not the same  Experience – Where they’ve been 
as being a leader Ability – What they can do
 Leadership is not based on rank
3. THE LAW OF PROCESS
 Leadership develops daily, not in a Day !
 Successful leaders are learners, it requires a
lot of self-discipline and perseverance
 “The secret of success in life is for a person
to be ready for his/her time when it comes”
Benjamin Disraeli
Phases of Leadership Growth:
 I don’t know what I don’t know This person doesn’t
know the importance of leadership and then isn't going
to grow
 I know that I need to know The point when the need
to learn is discovered
 I know what I don’t know If the leadership skills
doesn’t get better, your career will eventually get
bogged down. Develop a personal plan
 I know and grow and it starts to show Daily
discipline is helping you to become an effective leader
but you still have to think about every move you make
 I simple go because of what I know Your ability to
lead becomes almost automatic, you develop great
instincts which results in incredible payoffs
4. THE LAW OF NAVIGATION

Have a strategy
Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart
 Predetermine a course of action.
the course
 Lay out your goals.
 Give the trip the best chance of being a success…
 Adjust your priorities.
 Draw on Past Experience
 Notify key personnel.
 Examine the conditions BEFORE making
 Allow time for acceptance.
commitments
 Head into action.
 Listen to what others have to say
 Expect problems.
 Make sure their conclusions represent both faith and
 Always point to the successes.
fact
 Daily review your plan.
5. THE LAW OF ADDITION

Leaders add value by serving others …

The bottom line in leadership isn’t how far WE

The bottom line in leadership isn’t how far WE advance
advance ourselves but how far we advance OTHERS
ourselves but how far we advance OTHERS Are you
Are you making things better for the people who
making things better for the people who follow you?
follow you?

people will achieve more, develop more loyalty and have better time getting things
done
6. THE LAW OF SOLID GROUND

Trust is the foundation of leadership

Character communicates
Leaders cannot repeatedly break trust with people and
 Consistency
continue to influence them
 Leaders without inner strength can’t be counted
 Your people know when you make mistakes
on day after day…
 Build trust by consistently exemplifying
 Potential
competence, connection and character
Weak character is limiting
 No leader can break trust with his people and expect
 Respect
to keep influencing them
Leaders earn respect by making sound decisions,
admitting their mistakes and putting what’s best for
their followers and the organization ahead of their
personal agendas
7.THE LAW OF RESPECT

Ways to gain others’ respect:

1. Natural leadership ability
2. Respect for others
3. Courage
4. Success
5. Loyalty
6. Value added to others

People naturally follow leaders stronger than themselves…

 8. LAW OF INTUITION

“Who you are, determines what you see”

 According to Law of Navigation,

“You’re intuitive in the area of your giftedness”
 Law of Intuition Stands on 8 Rules,
• People • Future

• Opportunity • Timing
• Environment • Placement of People
• Motive • Process
 9. LAW OF MAGNETISM

“Who you are is who you Attract”

Culture and Environment of Organization explains, which

kind of people you should attract.
There are some key areas of attraction,
• Mission
• Priorities
• Age and Value
• Background
• Attitude
10. LAW OF CONNECTION

 According to John C. Maxwell,

“Touch People Emotionally and Relationally

before going to work physically”
 How to connect with people,
• Connect with yourself
• Shares with openness and sincerity
• Live your message
• Known our people
• Communication on their level
• Give yourself totally to people of the message
• Believe totally in the people of the message
• Share how the message has touched you
• Offer Direction and hope
11. LAW OF INNER CIRCLE

If you want to achieve great things, you have got to bring people
around you this is inner circle around you.
Are they assets(water) for you or they liability(Gasoline) for
you.
Inner circle Commitments:
 Team Leadership
 Evaluate your Leadership
 Develop your Leadership Team
12. LAW OF EMPOWERMENT

According to John, only the secure leader can gives power to

others. The people capacity to achieve is determined by their
leader willingness and ability to empower.
Constraints while empowering,
 Insecurity
 Job Security
 Bad Experience
 Ego
 Codependency
13. LAW OF REPRODUCTION

According John C. Maxwell,

“We teach what we know we reproduce what we are”
Takes a Leader to Know a Leader.
Takes a Leader to Show a Leader.
Takes a Leader to Grow a Leader.
Why Leaders Can’t Reproduce Leaders,
 In security
 Followers
 Developing values to Leaders
 Leaders does things that, follower can’t do
14. LAW OF BUY-IN

According to John, law of buy-in says that,

“people buy into the leader, then the vision”
As a leader sell yourself first then, your dream,
“how do I take vision from me-we”
The buy-in Process:
 People see the problem or need
 The leader see the problem and potential
 The leader had a plan who to fix the problem
 The leader believe in people
 Leader believe in the future
 Leader shares this believe with the people
 People believe in leader believe
 The people buy-in to the leader
15. THE LAW OF VICTORY

• Victorious leaders share an unwillingness to accept defeat

Leaders find a way for the team to win • They figure out what must be done to achieve victory

Three factors that contribute to team’s dedication to The best leaders do everything in their power to achieve victory, in their
view
victory
 Losing is unacceptable
1. Unity of vision  Passion is unquenchable and

2. Diversity of skills Quitting is unthinkable
 Commitment is unquestionable
3. A Leader dedicated to victory and raising players to  Victory is inevitable
their potential.
Leader have a Plan B, that is why they keep fighting and
continue to The right players with the proper diversity of
talent win don’t come together on their own. It takes a
leader to make those things happen
16. THE LAW OF BIG MO

Momentum is a Leader’s best friend

 If you can’t get things going, you will not succeed,
you’re dead in the water as a leader
 When you have no momentum even the simplest
tasks seems impossible
 When you have momentum on your side, the future
looks bright, and obstacles appear small
 Truths about momentum
o Is the Leader’s responsibility
o Is the great exaggerator
o Makes Leaders look better than they are
o Helps Followers perform better than they are
o Is easier to steer than to start
o Is the most powerful change agent
o Begins inside the Leader
17. THE LAW OF PRIORITIES
Leaders understand that activity is not
necessarily accomplishment
 Leaders never advance to a point where they no long
need to prioritize
Busyness does not equal productivity
Prioritizing requires leaders to continually think ahead
Apply The Pareto Principle, focus your attention on the
activities that rank in the top 20% in terms of
importance to achieve 80% of return on your effort
The 3 R’s
 What is Required?
If I’m doing something that is not necessary, I should eliminate it.
If I’m doing something that’s necessary but not required of me
personally, I need to delegate it.
 What gives the greatest Return?
Get out of your comfort zone but stay in your strength zone
 What brings the greatest Reward?
Life is too short not to do the things you love. Your personal interest
energize you and keep you passionate
18. THE LAW OF SACRIFICE
A leader must give up to go up
 If you desire to become the best leader you can be,
then you need to be willing to make sacrifices in
order to lead well.
 There is no success without sacrifice
 Leaders are often asked to give up more than others
 You must keep giving up to stay up
 The higher the level of leadership, the greater the
sacrifice.
 19. THE LAW OF TIMING

When to lead is as important as what to do and where to go

 Good leadership timing requires move many things
Every time a leader makes a move , there are really only four
outcomes:  Understanding
 Maturity
 Confidence
 Decisiveness
 Experience
 Intuition
 Preparation
20. THE LAW OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH
To add growth, lead followers – To
Multiply, lead leaders
 If you really want to help your organization reach its
potential, you need to develop leaders
 Every time you develop leaders and help them
increase their leadership ability, you make them
capable of influencing an even greater number of
people
 Leaders who attract followers but never develop
leaders get tired.
21. THE LAW OF LEGACY

A leader’s lasting value is measured by

succession How to leave the legacy
 Know the Legacy you want to leave
 Our ability as leaders will not be measured by the
building we them build, or institutions we  Live the legacy you want to leave
established  Choose who will carry on your legacy
 We will be judged by how well the people we  Make sure you pass the baton
invested in carried on after we are gone.
 “A life isn’t significant except for its impact on
others lives”.