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John C. Maxwell: American Author, Speaker, and Pastor

• John Maxwell is an American author, speaker, and pastor known for his books on leadership, including The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader.
• His books have sold millions of copies and have been listed on the New York Times Best Seller List.
• Maxwell was born in 1947 in Garden City, Michigan, and is an ordained minister in the Wesleyan Church.
• He has led churches in Indiana, Ohio, California, and Florida, and is currently a teaching pastor at Christ Fellowship in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
• Maxwell is the founder of several organizations, including INJOY, Maximum Impact, The John Maxwell Team, ISS, and EQUIP, an international leadership development organization.
• He speaks annually to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and organizations such as the United States Military Academy at West Point and the National Football League.
• In 2013, Maxwell's organization trained 24,000 leaders in Guatemala.
• He has received several awards, including the Golden Gavel by Toastmasters International in 2012 and being named the No. 1 leadership and management expert in the world by Inc. Magazine in 2014.
• Maxwell has a building named after him and his family at Indiana Wesleyan University, the Maxwell Center for Business and Leadership.
• He has been inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa at Concordia University Irvine and the IWU Society of World Changers, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree.
• In 2022, Maxwell visited a Christian conference in Guatemala City, where he praised Guatemalan Attorney General, Maria Consuelo Porras, who has been allegedly involved in corruption and persecution of political opponents and anti-corruption officers.
• Some of his books, including The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Developing the Leader Within You, and 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, have each sold over a million copies.
• Maxwell has been a keynote speaker at several conferences, including National Agents Alliance NAA Leadership Conference and Symmetry Financial Group's National Conference.