Lead Change Blog

MARCH 1, 2017

It’s a question that has many of us in the leadership resiliency field pondering with great uneasiness. 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). institutions was not working.

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Leading with Trust

JUNE 9, 2019

Let’s imagine for a moment that you are a scientist running a grand experiment on leadership. Your laboratory is an organization with hundreds of leaders at varying levels, and with technology, you can watch and listen to them 24-hours a day over an extend period of time. There is no one best leadership style.

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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

MAY 8, 2022

So, you won’t be surprised that I’m not advocating leaders more frequently use the four-letter words that begin with F, S, and D. No, I’m suggesting leaders use the four-letter word that begins with L. I don’t know a better representation of the qualities of a trusted servant leader than the virtues listed in this passage.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Guest post from William Dann: The concept of servant leadership was introduced by Ancient Chinese philosophers such as Lao-Tzu, then found in the Christian teachings of Mark. Servant leaders value the needs of followers over their own needs for recognition, being right or being in control.

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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. Are any of these on your list of simple leadership truths? How about you?

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Leading with Trust

JULY 10, 2022

Before having a conversation with the employee, the leader needs to look in the mirror and examine if they’ve done their part to help the employee succeed. 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.

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