Maxwell vs Pfeffer Two Completely Different Leadership Games | Leadership Signals Atlas - Episode 4

Описание: Are leaders rewarded for being ethical and inspiring — or for being powerful and effective?

In Maxwell vs Pfeffer: Two Completely Different Leadership Games, we dissect a hidden conflict at the heart of leadership. One philosophy teaches trust, service, and influence. The other teaches power, politics, and control. Both claim to create leaders — but only one reliably wins inside real organizations.

This episode doesn’t offer leadership advice.
It reveals the signals that determine who rises, who stalls, and who actually runs the game.

Drawing on the ideas of John C. Maxwell, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert Greene, Ray Dalio, Machiavelli, Naval Ravikant, and Adam Grant, this analysis exposes how leadership truly works when reputation, incentives, and power collide.

In this episode, you’ll uncover three leadership forces:

🧭 Signal 1 — Influence vs Power
One model builds loyalty.
The other builds control.
Both look ethical — but only one decides outcomes.

⚖️ Signal 2 — Ethics vs Outcomes
Organizations don’t reward virtue.
They reward results — then rewrite morality to justify them.

♟ Signal 3 — The Hybrid Leader
Pure ethics gets ignored.
Pure power gets resisted.
The most effective leaders master both.

You’ll see why:

Some leaders are admired but sidelined

Others are feared but promoted

The most dangerous leaders blend trust and power

This is the psychology behind organizational politics, executive power, and why leadership is not the game most people think it is.

Three questions to leave you with:

Which game are you playing?
Which game is being played on you?
What would happen if you learned both?

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