PowerPak Collection Series: Leading at School
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Imagine a school where the leaders in student government, academics, the arts, and sports brought out the best in themselves and their peers. Impossible?? Maybe not!
Tommy Nelson's new PowerPak series by John C. Maxwell adapts for ages 10 - 14 the leadership techniques from Maxwell's New York Times bestseller Developing the Leader within You.
In the PowerPak series, Maxwell gives a simple step-by-step plan for any young person to learn leadership skills before reaching high school or college. Topics covered include peer relationships, influence, priorities, integrity, problem solving, and self-discipline.
John C. Maxwell
John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 33 million books in fifty languages. He has been identified as the #1 leader in business and the most influential leadership expert in the world. His organizations - the John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation - have translated his teachings into seventy languages and used them to train millions of leaders from every country of the world. A recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, as well as the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network, Dr. Maxwell influences Fortune 500 CEOs, the presidents of nations, and entrepreneurs worldwide. For more information about him visit JohnMaxwell.com.
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PowerPak Collection Series - John C. Maxwell
Leading at
School
John C. Maxwell
Leadership Books for Students
(Based on Developing the Leader Within You)
Leading from the Lockers:
Student Edition
ISBN 0-8499-7722-3
Leading from the Lockers:
Guided Journal
ISBN 0-8499-7723-1
The PowerPak Series
Leading Your Sports Team
ISBN 0-8499-7725-8
Leading in Your Youth Group
ISBN 0-8499-7726-6
Leading at School
ISBN 0-8499-7724-X
Leading As a Friend
ISBN 0-8499-7727-4
These books are outstanding. John Maxwell’s leadership principles have been communicated in a way that any student can understand and practice. Take them and go make a difference in your world.
—DR. TIM ELMORE,
Vice President of Leadership Development, EQUIP;
Author of Nurturing the Leader in Your Child
Leading at
School
by
John C. Maxwell
with
Monica Hall
Leading_at_School_0003_001POWERPAK SERIES: LEADING AT SCHOOL
Based on John C.Maxwell’s Developing the Leader Within You.
Copyright © 2001 by Injoy Inc.
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher, with the exception of brief excerpts in reviews.
Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Tommy Nelson®, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Special thanks to Ron Luce and Teen Mania for providing research materials for this book.
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the International Children’s Bible, New Century Version, copyright © 1983, 1986, 1988.
Scripture quotations marked (NKJV) are from THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION of the Bible, copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Maxwell, John C., 1947–
Leading at school / originated by John C.Maxwell; adapted by Monica Hall.
p. cm. — (PowerPak collection)
ISBN 0-8499-7724-X
1. Leadership—Juvenile literature. 2. Leadership—Religious aspects—Christianity—Juvenile literature. 3. Students—Conduct of life—Juvenile literature. I. Hall, Monica. II. Title. III. Series.
HM1261 .M39 2001
303.3'4—dc21
2001030742
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
1. What? Me Lead?!
(You’re Kidding, Right?)
2. What Is This Leadership Thing Anyway?
(And What Does It Have to Do with Me?)
3. Okay, I’m Leading! (Gulp!) Now What?!
(The Fine Art of Getting
All Your Ducks in a Row)
4. If You Talk the Talk,
Ya Gotta Walk the Walk
!
(In Other Words . . . Get Real!)
5. Designing and Building
the New, Improved
You
(The Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Project!)
6. Taming the Dreaded
Uh-Oh!’s
and Oh, My!’s
(Problem Can Be Just Another
Name for Opportunity)
7. Enclosed: Everything You Need to Succeed
(Batteries Not Included!)
8. Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too
(The Delicious Benefits of Sharing!)
9. The Care and Feeding of Dreams
(What You See Is What You Get!)
10. Stalking the Wild Promise
(The Art of Turning Dreams into Reality)
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What? Me Lead?!
(You’re Kidding, Right?)
Yes, you! God could be calling you—right now—to become a leader at your school. Are you listening? Because this is one call you don’t want to miss!
"Why me?" you may be wondering (looking around frantically for the nearest exit).
"What do I have to offer? I’m not . . . smart enough . . . brave enough . . . popular enough . . . cute enough . . . (FILL IN YOUR VERY BEST EXCUSE HERE). And I’m sure not old enough! Why would God want me to lead?!"
Good question. Here’s an even better one: Why not