Leadership begins within you.
Are you growing on purpose, or by accident?
Twelve questions. Two minutes. An honest answer.
Most people assume they're growing. Time passes, experience accumulates, and it feels like progress. But experience isn't growth. Ten years of doing the same thing is one year, ten times.
Growth doesn't just happen. It's a decision, and then it's a habit. This check tells you which one you're actually running on.
Answer honestly. Nobody sees this but you, and a flattering answer costs you the only thing worth having here.
Your answers stay private and are never shared.
John Phillips
Founder, AccessAU
John Maxwell Leadership Team
Certified Speaker, Trainer and Coach
First, before anything else
What does the word leadership mean to you?
Three words. Don't look anything up and don't polish it. The first words that come are the honest ones. There's no score for this one, and we'll come back to it at the end.
Your result
growth score
Where you're growing, and where you're not
Each area maps to one of John C. Maxwell's 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth.
Talk it through with John
Thirty minutes, online, with no obligation or pitch. We’ll talk through your results, explore what’s holding you back, and identify what could help.
Would rather write than talk? Send a message instead.
The question you answered first
- You said leadership means
- Here's the shift
- Leadership is influence. Not position, not title, not personality. And influence only ever grows as fast as the person does. That's why growing yourself isn't separate from leading others. It's the whole job.
See where you're growing, and where you're not
Your score is above. The rest of it is four things: how you scored in each of the six areas, which one is your weakest link, the law of growth that speaks to it, and your own three words about leadership read back to you.
Six weeks. Ten people. One decision.
I'm John Phillips, John Maxwell Leadership Team, a Certified Speaker, Trainer and Coach. I'm running a facilitated Mastermind on John C. Maxwell's 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth. Six of the laws, six sessions, sixty minutes each, online. It isn't a book study, and it isn't a lecture. The group does the talking.
- 6 sessions · 60 minutes, weekly
- Wednesdays, 7–8pm · AEST, online
- Next cohort · dates to be announced
- Max 10 people · minimum 8
- Pre-read emailed before each session
- Key takeaways at the end of every one
The August 2026 cohort is under way and closed to new members. Register your interest below and I will come to you first when the next one opens.
Every participant relies on the commitment of the others, so this is an expression of interest, not simply a signup.