Lead Change Blog

MARCH 1, 2017

The current public personas of people whom we would title “leaders” are a far cry from the model Robert Greenleaf developed during his 40 years with American Telephone and Telegraph (now AT&T). In 1964 he took an early retirement to found the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. institutions was not working.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2018

T HROUGH THE PAGES of Servant Leadership in Action , we get a clearer picture of what servant leadership is and isn’t. Editors Ken Blanchard and Renee Broadwell have collected some good essays on the subject. Ken Blanchard begins by telling us that some people think you can’t lead and serve at the same time.

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Leading with Trust

JULY 10, 2022

That’s one of the key leadership principles Ken Blanchard and I discuss in our recent book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust. How do leaders expect people to achieve their goals if they aren’t clear on what a good job looks like?

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 23, 2022

Effective leadership is an influence process where leaders implement everyday, commonsense approaches that help people and organizations thrive. The book covers a wide-ranging list of leadership skills certain to bring out the best in people. As their leader, work together with your people to track progress.

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Leading with Trust

JUNE 12, 2022

Many managers either haven’t had the opportunity to develop these skills, are resistant to doing so, or don’t have an interest in them. When you add up all these reasons, it’s easy to see why we have an empathy deficit among leaders and their people. The first step in your journey is investing in your own development.

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CO2

APRIL 20, 2012

Yet these findings do bring up some interesting points and also showcase just how hard it is to pin down what separates good leaders from bad ones. PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP THEORY. The id ea of a participative leadership style arises from the work of Dr. Rensis Likert in 1967. PATH-GOAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP.

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