John Maxwell says that leadership is about influencing others. He says we persuade others through the following seven factors:

*Character – who you are
*Relationships – who you know
*Knowledge – what you know
*Intuition – what you feel
*Experience – where you’ve been
*Past success – what you’ve done
*Ability – what you can do

John Maxwell, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (pg. 21)