John C. Maxwell - NIV, Maxwell Leadership Bible, 3rd Edition

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The

Maxwell

Leadership Bible

John C. Maxwell

Executive Editor

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The Maxwell Leadership Bible, NIV

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ePub Edition March 2019: 9780-78522373-3

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W elcome to The Maxwell Leadership Bible. You may be aware that the Bible can change your life. Did you know that it can also change your leadership? I say that because the Bible is the greatest leadership book of all time. Everything I know about leadership and have taught for nearly fifty years I learned from reading and studying the Bible.