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SERVANT Leaders are Needful – Acronym Model

Modern Servant Leader

For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101. We’re near the end of our series on the definition of Servant Leadership through the acronym SERVANT. Therefore, any leader must be open to new ideas from anywhere. Furthermore, the servant leader is no wimp.

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Aim Higher: Servant Leaders are Humble

Skip Prichard

On this week’s “Aim Higher” podcast, my panel and I discuss the last of the nine traits of a servant leader: humility. You can’t get to any kind of servant leadership mentality without a foundation of humility. But if you, as a leader, simply don’t do those bad things, that doesn’t make you a servant leader.

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Aim Higher: Why Servant Leaders Create a Culture of Trust

Skip Prichard

The second quality of servant leadership that I want to address with you is the importance of building a culture of trust. Simply put, servant leaders build a culture of trust. Because without trust—for the leader, for coworkers, for the organization at large—everyone will be focused on survival rather than success.

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Could Your Next CEO Come from Any Department?

Modern Servant Leader

In Good to Great, Jim Collins explains the best CEOs are not external hires, but brought up through internal development. Therefore, your organization is best served by looking across the entire company for future leaders. As a servant leader , your role is to serve all stakeholders.

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Ways to Boost Innovation and Accelerate Organizational Learning

The Practical Leader

Development — major resources are committed to developing or refining the new products, services, or businesses that are ready to be capitalized on. Make senior leaders responsible for some business development and ongoing customer service. Link part of their compensation to new business or development success.

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43 Best Leadership Books to Skyrocket Your Career

Miles Anthony Smith

​ Making the Grass Greener on Your Side Ken Melrose, the head of the Toro lawn care company, shares his journey of corporate loss, gains, and knowledge learned along the way. shares the secrets to how executives and managers can become the leaders their company needs.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

Ben: Well today’s about servant leadership and of course, that ties a lot into influential leadership. If you look at some of the companies with the strongest results and the best reputations, you’ll find that servant leadership is at the heart of them. Southwest Airlines, has been touted as a servant leadership company as well.