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In this episode, John Maxwell discusses the importance of trust in leadership through the Law of Solid Ground.

📥 ⁠CLICK HERE⁠ to Download the free Leadership Workbook and submit your question for our Q&A with John and me. If people don't trust you, they may listen for a season. But they will never fully follow who you are. Law #6 of John Maxwell's 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership is the Law of Solid Ground, and the principle is this: trust is the foundation of leadership. Everything else stands on it. Without it, every decision gets questioned, every motive gets doubted, and every relationship becomes fragile. In this episode, John teaches this law with one of the most memorable frameworks in the entire series — a simple illustration that will change how you think about every decision you make as a leader and every interaction you have with the people around you. He also shares the story of a Wall Street Journal interview that stopped a reporter cold, and the answer he gave is one I think about constantly. I open this episode with something that connects directly to John's teaching: why the promises you make to yourself are the foundation of everything else, and why the person you are in private is ultimately the leader people experience in public. Here's what you'll gain from this…

People in this episode

Host: Ed Mylett

Guest: John Maxwell

Topics covered

• leadership
• trust
• decision making
• personal development
• business ethics

Keywords

• leadership
• trust
• John Maxwell
• Law of Solid Ground
• business ethics
• decision making
• personal development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wall Street Journal

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