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basic, to get people in one’s side, to organize, to help, and to everything for leaders to
be successes, must take responsibility. Thus, responsibility is a key for every leader.
2.3.2 Maxwell’s Leadership Concepts
John C. Maxwell (1947) is known as world no.1 leadership Guru and has
written more than fifty books about leadership till today. He is not only a business
leader, also an ordain minister and founded several non-profit and profit organizations
especially in Christian Society. His popularity as a writer and he gladly to share his
successful story with readers about all experiences that he has learn through his journey.
Somehow, some of his books geared toward the Christian community
specifically, but generally his books are directed toward business leaders in business
word. Because he sacrificed himself as a bridge to cross between tradition and business
world. Among them one of the most famous books for learner to begin with is ‘The 21
Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow them and People Will Follow You’. The basic
principles of this book refer to the way to create the proficient relationship skill at work
with other collages. No one can deny it communication skill is built by trust and
honesty. Maxwell believes that everyone who wants to be successful must share the
vision and help other to be improve their own skill by holding a positive attitude and
increasing leadership skills such as guiding vision, passion, courage, abilities of solving
problem and charisma.
Although Dr. Terry van der Worff proved in Global Future Report that ‘no
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one becomes a leader by reading a book.’ However, Maxwell made numerous leaders
up in several organization. His books, his ideas and his theories are good area, good
way to grow and to begin with.
2.3.2.1 Background of the Concepts of Leadership
Leadership is not a position to stick and a power to control but it is a skill for
everything in the center of an organization that to manage, control, and inspire. It is a
journey and a process. Maxwell noted that there are only a few authors who wrote about
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