Bestselling author, John C. Maxwell has spent more than thirty years teaching his passion - leadership! Of the thousands of sessions he's lead : How does leadership work?

Maxwell presents this clear picture of how leadership works based on The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential. Maxwell aligns leadership practices, principles and values while providing a clear game plan to leadership development. Through humor, in-depth insight and examples, Maxwell shows readers how to master each level and rise up to become more influential, respected, and successful leaders.

The 5 Levels of Leadership:
1.      Position: People follow because they have to.
2.      Permission: People follow because they want to.
3.      Production: People follow because of what they have done for the organization.
4.      People Development: People follow because of what you have done for them.
5.      Pinnacle: People follow because of who you are and what you represent.

John C. Maxwell  is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week best-selling author who has sold more than 20 million books. He is the founder of EQUIP and the John Maxwell Company, organizations that have trained more than 5 million leaders worldwide. Each year he speaks to the leaders of diverse organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies, foreign governments, the National Football League, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and the United Nations. His blog can be read at JohnMaxwellOnLeadership.com. He can be followed at Twitter.com/JohnCMaxwell.

ThinkTalk will interview Mr. Maxwell on Oct 5th. Submit your questions here.