Congratulations on assuming a role in the leadership of your Lodge. Your success as a leader, and ultimately the success of your Lodge, will depend upon how well you learn to develop your leadership skills. This workbook is designed to give you a basic foundation for your growth. It is based on sound leadership principles and practices developed by Dr. John C. Maxwell.

Dr. Maxwell is an internationally respected leadership expert, speaker, trainer, coach and author, whose philosophy is: “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” Maxwell is a #1 New York Times best-selling author of over 77 leadership books with more than 24 million volumes sold in fifty languages.

In this workbook we will be using two of his books: The 5 Levels of Leadership and The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. We strongly encourage you to obtain a copy of both books and then read and study them.

The 5 Levels of Leadership is a framework which will help you begin to understand why people follow some leaders and not others. It also presents a process that, if effectively followed, will allow you to begin positive change in your Lodge.

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership presents positive behavior a leader should display and effective practices to use, which when used properly, will help you become a respected Masonic leader.

This workbook also contains exercises and handouts designed to help you to begin a plan for using the knowledge presented at this conference. The only way you will begin to grow as a leader is by continually working at it. If you do nothing you will not improve as a leader and your tenure as a Lodge officer will become increasingly difficult.

The members of the Masonic Leadership Development Team are excited about assisting you to become a better Masonic leader and will always be ready to help you.