In our series on leadership attributes, we now look at how leaders must sacrifice. One of the leadership laws included in John Maxwell’s classic book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, is “The Law of Sacrifice”. Maxwell writes that the heart of good leadership is sacrifice, not personal gain. He states that if you desire to become the best leader you can be, then you need to be willing to make sacrifices in order to lead well, understanding that the nature of the sacrifice may be different for each person.
That got me to thinking about some of the sacrifices leaders must make. Here are just three areas in which leaders must sacrifice to get you started thinking about this subject: Continue reading →