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The Art of Servant Leadership

Lead Change Blog

But that is exactly what Art and Lori Barter did in 2004, when they purchased Datron World Communications. That success is proof that serving others with compassion and humility brings unprecedented rewards. The post The Art of Servant Leadership appeared first on Lead Change. Learn more and register here.

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How Cancer Helped Me See the Key to Successful Organizational Change

Michael Lee Stallard

In early 2004, just nine months after completing treatment for breast cancer, my wife, Katie, was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer. The post How Cancer Helped Me See the Key to Successful Organizational Change appeared first on Michael Lee Stallard. I wrote about this lesson in an article published by SmartBrief.

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The Journey to Servant Leadership

Leading Blog

That’s where servant leadership begins. Success is based on your influence in the marketplace and those you help. Or rather, it is significance over success. This is a very different mindset from a power-leadership model. You can’t put an organization on hold to make the transformation to a servant leadership culture.

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Retaining Directors Isn’t The Silver Bullet For Merger Success

The Horizons Tracker

Mergers and acquisitions often have a pretty dreadful success rate, and one tactic firms deploy to try and improve their chances of success is to try and retain at least one board-level direct from the target company. In all, the researchers analyzed over 550 acquisitions that had taken place between 2004 and 2014.

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Preview Thursday – The Art of Servant Leadership II

Lead Change Blog

Taken from the Introduction of The Art of Servant Leadership II by Art Barter. In The Art of Servant Leadership II, we offer a case study in transforming a company into a servant-led organization. They allow the servant leadership behaviors to renovate their hearts, and ultimately this transfers into their hands of service.

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Leadership: Balancing Art, Craft, and Science

Mike Cardus

Leadership does not exist in a vacuum; others observe it while a person is leading, found while experienced within a particular context. Leadership connects to the actions and practices needed to resolve a challenge or make progress. The Three Poles of Leadership. Effective leadership requires all three.

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Art Barter – A Servant Leadership Interview

Modern Servant Leader

He’s also the Founder and CEO of Servant Leadership Institute. In 2004, Art purchased Datron, then a subsidiary of Titan Corporation. Art knew he could make Datron more successful through leadership changes – in particular, the application of Servant Leadership principles. It was a pleasure speaking with Art.