John Maxwell's #6 Law of Leadership: The Law of Solid Ground

This is the Ed Milan Shaw. 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Series Law 6, the Law of Solid Ground. If people don't trust you, they may listen to what you have to say for a season. but they'll never fully follow who you are. Trust is the foundation of leadership that everything stands on.

Without it, every decision gets questioned, every motive gets doubted, and every relationship becomes fragile. Welcome back to this special leadership series on John Maxwell's 21 irrefutable laws of leadership. In this leadership series, John teaches the timeless principle, and my job is to help bring it into the real world, what it looks like in business under pressure, and when people are counting on you. Today's principle is the law of solid ground. Leadership isn't built on talent, gifting, or charisma.

It's built on trust. And in my own life, I've learned that people can handle hard decisions, even difficult seasons and disappointment if they trust the leader making the call. But once trust is fractured, even good leadership becomes harder to follow. In The Power of One More, I talk about keeping the promises you make to yourself. That matters because your integrity with yourself eventually becomes your integrity with other people.

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