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Our Story

Founded on a Conviction That
Leadership Changes
Everything.

Maxwell Leadership Foundation was established to take John C. Maxwell’s world-changing leadership principles to the nations — embedding values-based leadership in schools, governments, and communities worldwide. One ripple at a time.
The Foundation Story

Forty Years of Conviction
Made Into a Movement

For more than 40 years, John C. Maxwell has taught that everything rises and falls on leadership. Maxwell Leadership Foundation was born from a single question: what if this truth could be systematically applied to entire nations?

Beginning with a single country initiative, the Foundation has grown into a global movement operating in 180+ nations — proving that when leadership changes, communities change, and when communities change, nations change.

Today, our work spans student programs, government partnerships, and community transformation initiatives that have impacted millions of lives on every inhabited continent. Every one of those lives was touched by a single ripple — a teacher, a leader, a decision.

What We Believe

The Values Behind
Every Ripple

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People

We are People of Value Who Add Value to People

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Growth

Growth Increases Capacity

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Passion

Loving What We Do Makes Us Contagious

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Leadership

Everything Rises and Falls on Leadership

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Performance

Exceeding Expectations Sets Us Apart from Others

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Transformation

A Changed Leader Changes Lives

Our Founder

John C. Maxwell —
The Ripple that Started it All

John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 35 million books in 50 languages. He has been recognized as the #1 leader in business and the most influential leadership expert in the world by various organizations.

But John’s greatest impact has never come from his platform. It has come from every leader he personally poured into — every mentee who became a multiplier, every student who carried a value they learned from his teaching into a lifetime of leadership. He is the original ripple. The Foundation exists to help it keep spreading.

“A leader who develops people daily will someday reach a level of influence they cannot achieve alone. That is when transformation becomes generational.”

— John C. Maxwell
Maxwell Leadership Foundation team at community event
Our Leadership

The Team Behind
the Mission

A dedicated group of leaders, educators, and change-makers united by a singular purpose: to start more ripples.

Mark Cole

CEO
Leading the Foundation’s global vision and strategic expansion.

Dr. Greg Steely

Executive Vice President

Overseeing all student and country transformation initiatives globally.

John C. Maxwell

Founder and Board Member

Building transformational partnerships across two of our most active regions.
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You Don't Need a Title.
You Need a Decision.

Every act of support extends the reach of transformational leadership into communities and nations that need it most.

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