This article proposes three topics to incorporate into your curriculum when  teaching youth leadership skills. The concepts are based on the research of John  Maxwell who is a noted author, speaker, and leadership guru. Youth are  guaranteed to gain valuable insight to maximize their leadership potential.

3 Topics

• 21 Laws of Leadership

Everything begins and ends with leadership. John Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable  Laws of Leadership are packed with wisdom. Even a veteran leader benefits from  knowing them. Maxwell presents the laws and gives interesting examples from  leaders in various fields to illustrate the points. The law of the lid, for  instance, asserts that leadership ability is the lid that determines a person’s  level of potential.

Hence, if one is low in leadership ability, he will score low in potential.  Here, John Maxwell uses the McDonald brothers to explain the law of the lid.  Although the brothers were able to break into the fast food business and achieve  some success, their lack of strong leadership affected their ability to sell the  franchise concept and grow the company like Ray Kroc. According to the law of  the lid, the brothers’ low leadership ability negatively impacted their  potential.

• 21 Indispensable Traits of Leaders

Youth need to know what great leaders are made of, and John Maxwell’s 21  Indispensable Traits of Leaders is an excellent reference tool to rely on when  teaching leadership skills. It covers the qualities of great leaders. Some of  the traits include character, charisma, commitment, courage, focus, passion, and  positive attitude. First of all, teens will learn which qualities are essential  to being a good leader. Again, John Maxwell provides models to demonstrate how  the traits relate to the leader’s effectiveness. Secondly, participants discover  which qualities they already possess as well as those that need to be developed.  Be sure to mention that no one person has all of the characteristics outlined in  the book.

• Levels of Leadership

In addition to introducing teens to the laws of leadership and the traits of  leaders, instruction regarding the levels of leadership is essential. John  Maxwell outlines five stages (position, permission, production, people  development, and pinnacle) in his book 5 Levels of Leadership. These steps  reveal the natural progression that is required to lead winning teams. The goal  is to move from level one to level 5. At level one people follow you because  they have to. However, at level five people follow because of who you are and  what you represent. If youth understand them, they will gain momentum and be  better prepared when tackling their first leadership position.

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