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John Maxwell's #14 Law of Leadership: The Law of Buy-In
📥 CLICK HERE to Download the free Leadership Workbook and submit your question for our Q&A with John and me. People don't buy into your vision until they buy into you first. Every leader eventually asks the same question: why isn't my team buying into this? I've asked it myself. And the answer almost never has anything to do with the vision. It has everything to do with whether people have already bought into you as the person carrying it. I bring up something John said to me earlier this year that has stuck with me, about how rare it actually is for anyone in a position of influence to stand up and own a mistake out loud. That conversation is one we don't have enough, and John and I go deep on why owning your failures builds more trust than pretending you don't have any. John breaks down the 8-step process to get your team to buy-in, step by step, from the first crack people notice in a problem all the way to the moment buy-in becomes automatic and you don't have to ask for it anymore. He walks it back to his own story: stepping into a role after a legendary 27-year predecessor and spending nearly two years proving himself before anyone came looking for his counsel instead of comparing him to the guy before him. Here's what you'll gain from this episode: Sell Yourself First: Why the vision is always the second sale, never the first. The 8-Step Buy-In Process: John's exact sequence for turning a skeptical team into one that believes your belief before you've finished the sentence. The Line I Can't Forget: What John said to me that reframed why owning your mistakes builds more trust than covering them. Two Years to Earn the Room: John's own story of following a beloved leader and what it actually took. This Week's Rep: One decision that builds credibility before you ask anyone to follow you anywhere. Buy-in isn't built in the big speech. It's built in the Tuesday nobody's watching, the mistake you own out loud, and the promise you keep when it would've been easier not to. Do that long enough and you stop needing to ask people to follow you. This wraps Season 2 of my series with John Maxwell on his 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. If you haven't already, click the link above to download the free 21-page workbook and track your reps for every law we cover. And here's the big one: for the next two weeks, John and I are answering your questions directly in our upcoming Q&A sessions. It's not too late to get your leadership questions in front of us, so click the link and submit yours before that window closes! 🗓️ New law dropping every Thursday so make sure you're subscribed so you never miss one. Click HERE to Subscribe to my email list to MAXOUT your life (all value, no fluff) Thank you for listening —Please Share it and get the word out! 👉 SUBSCRIBE TO ED'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👈 → → → CONNECT WITH ED MYLETT ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ← ← ← ➡️ INSTAGRAM ➡️ FACEBOOK ➡️ LINKEDIN ➡️ X ➡️ WEBSITE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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