Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
The Maxwell Leadership Podcast is a regular examination of what it means to be a transformational leader—someone who daily influences people to think, speak, and act to make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others. This podcast will teach you the principles, practices, and process of becoming a transformational leader because leadership isn't an event—it's an uphill journey. Every week we will offer a free tool to help you on this journey, so let leadership authority Dr. John C. Maxwell show you the way.
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Are you ready to turn your greatest setbacks into the fuel for exponential growth? In this week's episode, John Maxwell unpacks how the partnership between success and failure is essential to leadership—and why your perspective on failure determines your path to achievement.
After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Goede provide real-world strategies you can use right away to embrace failure as a catalyst for learning and growth.
Key takeaways:
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How you view failure shapes your response to it—and seeing it as part of success unlocks growth, humility, and maturity.
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Successful leaders don't just make good decisions; they learn to manage both their wins and their losses to maximize impact.
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The lessons you take from failure are what propel you forward—if you don't lose the lesson, you never truly lose.
Our BONUS resource for this episode is the Success and Failure: The Partnership that Fuels Growth Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Partnership and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."
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Previous episodes
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573 - Success and Failure: The Partnership that Fuels Growth Wed, 11 Mar 2026 - 0h
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572 - The Leadership Lens: How You View Things is How You Do Things Wed, 04 Mar 2026 - 0h
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571 - Episode 400: How to Use Failure for Success Wed, 25 Feb 2026 - 0h
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570 - How to Surround Yourself with Great People (Part 2) Wed, 18 Feb 2026 - 0h
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569 - How to Surround Yourself with Great People (Part 1) Wed, 11 Feb 2026 - 0h
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568 - Principles that Guide Your Life Wed, 04 Feb 2026 - 0h
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567 - What You Expect is What You Experience Wed, 28 Jan 2026 - 0h
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566 - How Empowerment Fuels Team Success Wed, 21 Jan 2026 - 0h
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565 - It's Not About You: Leadership, Communication, and Putting Others First Wed, 14 Jan 2026 - 0h
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564 - The Bookends of Success Wed, 07 Jan 2026 - 0h
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563 - Why Self-Awareness Sets Great Leaders Apart Wed, 31 Dec 2025 - 0h
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562 - Acknowledge Your Humanness Wed, 24 Dec 2025 - 0h
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561 - What to Expect When You Take the High Road Wed, 17 Dec 2025 - 0h
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560 - Great Leaders Value All People Wed, 10 Dec 2025 - 0h
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559 - Your Motives Matter Wed, 03 Dec 2025 - 0h
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558 - Lead to Give, Not to Get Wed, 26 Nov 2025 - 0h
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557 - Stop Meaning Well, Start Living Well Wed, 19 Nov 2025 - 0h
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556 - How to Make Your Future Bigger than Your Past Wed, 12 Nov 2025 - 0h
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555 - Quiet Confidence: Leading Without the Applause Wed, 05 Nov 2025 - 0h
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554 - The Future Begins with Z with Tim Elmore and John Maxwell Fri, 31 Oct 2025 - 0h
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553 - 6 Steps to Successful Personal Change (Part 2) Wed, 29 Oct 2025 - 0h
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552 - 6 Steps to Successful Personal Change (Part 1) Wed, 22 Oct 2025 - 0h
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551 - Rules of Resilience with Valorie Burton Fri, 17 Oct 2025 - 0h
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550 - A Leader Sees More and Before (Part 2) Wed, 15 Oct 2025 - 0h
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549 - A Leader Sees More and Before (Part 1) Wed, 08 Oct 2025 - 0h
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548 - Crisis Leaders: What They Do Well (Part 2) Wed, 15 Apr 2020 - 0h
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547 - Crisis Leaders: What They Do Well (Part 1) Wed, 08 Apr 2020
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546 - Emotional Intelligence (Part 2) Wed, 01 Apr 2020 - 0h
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545 - Candid Conversations: How to Be an Unforgettable Leader Fri, 27 Mar 2020 - 0h
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544 - Emotional Intelligence (Part 1) Wed, 25 Mar 2020 - 0h
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543 - People Do What People See (Part 2) Wed, 18 Mar 2020 - 0h
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542 - Candid Conversations: Leading Through the Coronavirus Fri, 13 Mar 2020 - 0h
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541 - People Do What People See (Part 1) Wed, 11 Mar 2020 - 0h
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540 - Don't Just Communicate, Connect (Part 2) Wed, 04 Mar 2020 - 0h
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539 - Candid Conversations: What Are You Reading? Fri, 28 Feb 2020 - 0h
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538 - Don't Just Communicate, Connect (Part 1) Wed, 26 Feb 2020 - 0h
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537 - Leading Through Change (Part 2) Wed, 19 Feb 2020 - 0h
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536 - Candid Conversations: What Are You Writing? Fri, 14 Feb 2020 - 0h
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535 - Leading Through Change (Part 1) Wed, 12 Feb 2020 - 0h
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534 - Put Your Dream to the Test (Part 2) Wed, 05 Feb 2020 - 0h
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533 - Candid Conversations: John's Word for 2020 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 - 0h
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532 - Put Your Dream to the Test (Part 1) Wed, 29 Jan 2020 - 0h
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531 - Courage: Leading a Life of Few Regrets Wed, 22 Jan 2020 - 0h
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530 - Candid Conversations: The Infinite Game with Simon Sinek Fri, 17 Jan 2020 - 0h
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529 - Earning Trust (Part 2) Wed, 15 Jan 2020 - 0h
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528 - Earning Trust (Part 1) Wed, 08 Jan 2020 - 0h
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527 - Candid Conversations: Make the Most of the Middle Fri, 03 Jan 2020 - 0h
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526 - Reaching Your Potential Wed, 01 Jan 2020 - 0h
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525 - The Leader's Greatest Return Wed, 25 Dec 2019 - 0h
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524 - Candid Conversations: The Meeting Before the Meeting Fri, 20 Dec 2019 - 0h