Modern Servant Leader

article thumbnail

Is it Time to Fire Your Boss? 3 Questions to Ask.

Modern Servant Leader

Not me of course, but somebody. You are responsible for your career. Yes, many employers should take a greater interest in the career development of their employees. You are the owner of your career. Reposition Them: Help them find a role they are better suited to, maybe above someone you dislike. ? Not your employer.

article thumbnail

Bad Bosses: The Bloodsucking Mosquitoes You May Deserve

Modern Servant Leader

For bad bosses, we improve our hiring processes , introduce leadership courses and assessments. With bad bosses, in addition to training, courses, and assessments, you implement a leadership development program tailored to your unique industry and organization. With mosquitoes, we wear insect repellant and buy bug zappers.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

SERVANT Leadership Acronym Definition

Modern Servant Leader

This does not mean personal career goals should be ignored – only that they must come after serving stakeholders. If you’re interested in learning more about servant leadership in general though, I urge you to sign up for my free course: Servant Leadership 101. Empathetic. Until next time, remember, keep serving!

article thumbnail

Your First 90 Days: How to Start Your New Leadership Role Right.

Modern Servant Leader

Of course, every situation is unique. Your 90 Day Roadmap Below is a slide from our free 90 Day Onboarding presentation. It’s an overview of the 90 days, with specific points of emphasis on People, Products, Processes, and Principles by Period. A 90 Day Roadmap for New Hire and Promoted Leaders.

article thumbnail

WANTED: Leadership Stories – Good, Bad or Ugly

Modern Servant Leader

Again, if you seek to remain anonymous, provide how many years you’ve been in the position or career. The Story: Of course, flesh out as much as possible. Leader: How did they come to the role of leader? Were they hired externally or promoted within? What did people think when they obtained the role?

article thumbnail

Top Tips for Managing Up

Modern Servant Leader

In one of my recent leadership development courses, the group requested a deep dive on how to manage up more effectively. My failure to do this effectively has burned me badly in my career. If you could use more help influencing effectively or building better bosses in your organization, contact me , I’d love to help.

Tips 130
article thumbnail

Does People Management Constrain Leadership?

Modern Servant Leader

After all, you have responsibility for their career (at least in part), compensation and delivery commitments. From these meetings , you can see how the person evolves or slips in performance over time and should be able to assist with course correction. Direct Influence. This increases the degree of your influence.