John C. Maxwell – The Mentor’s Guide to Decision Making

Making the Tough Call

The greatest difficulty in making decisions is not in knowing the right decision, but in making it. In this lesson, John looks at what makes a tough call tough and how to work through making hard decisions in your life and work.

Combating a Crisis

There are three kinds of leaders in handling a crisis: Those who see it coming and take care of it before it hits. Those who don’t see it coming but handle the hit well. Those who get knocked on their backside and never know what hit them! This lesson is dedicated to helping make sure you never land in the third group!

Getting Out of Your Own Way

Self-sabotage: We all do it. Unfortunately, some of us make a habit of it. This lesson will help you to identify and remove the consistent self-sabotaging behaviors that show up in your life and work.

Perspective – It Depends
on How You Look at It

In the middle of a tense situation, it’s tempting to throw up your hands and just choose. But how can you ensure that you’ll make decisions that stick? How can you make sure that you won’t carry around regret? In this lesson, John will teach you ways of thinking through your biggest dilemmas so that you can move ahead with confidence that your choice was the right one.

The Decision Dilemma – How
to Make the Right Choices

In the middle of a tense situation, it’s tempting to throw up your hands and just choose. But how can you ensure that you’ll make decisions that stick? How can you make sure that you won’t carry around regret? In this lesson, John will teach you ways of thinking through your biggest dilemmas so that you can move ahead with confidence that your choice was the right one.

Without getting a bird’s eye view, our reactions to a problem can be ineffective or even cause the problem to spiral down into a serious crisis. Absolutely everything rises and falls on leadership. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to construct a system to solve your personal and organizational problems effectively, every time.

Overcoming Instead of Being Overcome

People who become easily overcome usually are dealing with regret, resentment, resistance, and rejections. In this lesson, John will go over the four R’s, how to
overcome them, and how to appreciate your gifts and uniqueness to combat their return.

The Procrastination Gap

Timeliness is an important part of effective decision making. In this lesson, John looks at what creates the urge to drag our feet, how to look for the warning signs of procrastination, and ultimately how to stay away from the trap of procrastination.

Preparing to Communicate Effectively

Once you’ve made a decision, then you’re charged with notifying and communicating
with the people around you. Communication is key to other people accepting your decisions and getting on board to help you along the way. If you want to learn to communicate effectively, you must lay the groundwork for connecting with your people. In this lesson, John teaches valuable preparatory seeds to sow prior to communicating your big decisions and changes to any audience.