Leading with Trust
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Despite the overwhelming evidence of the benefits of high-trust and servant leader-led cultures (see here , here , and here ), many still view it as being a “soft” management style or “letting the inmates run the prison” (which, by the way, isn’t that a telling metaphor for today’s workplace?!).
Leading with Trust
JUNE 9, 2019
Your quest is to learn the behaviors that make servant leaders stand out from the crowd. You would observe at least five key ways servant leaders are different from their counterparts. As Larry Spears observed in the book Servant Leadership in Action , listening is one of ten key characteristics of a servant leader.
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Lead Change Blog
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
The article, titled, “Beam Me Up Scotty,” talks about me being too focused on my own career — causing me to miss an opportunity to learn from my boss, who was a very quiet, humble servant leader. I was in my late 20s at the time and thought I was a good leader. I spent most of my career as a power leader.
Leading with Trust
JANUARY 17, 2024
Or a positive sense that something good is about to transpire? Ken Blanchard and I address this topic in our book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust. I’ve observed many leaders who manage people through fear. Is it interest? Or is it dread? So, what’s the antidote to fear?
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.
Mark Sanborn
OCTOBER 5, 2021
It is possible, if not likely, that person was a servant leader. In 1970, Robert Greenleaf published an essay entitled, “The Servant as Leader.” He said, “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. .”
Leading with Trust
OCTOBER 9, 2022
Express appreciation —One of the leadership nuggets Ken Blanchard and I share in our recent book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust , is Simple Truth #35: People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care. That’s a win-win.
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