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SERVANT Leaders are Needful – Acronym Model

Modern Servant Leader

Background: This post is part of a series defining the principles of Servant Leadership via the acronym SERVANT ( Selfless , Empathetic , Resolute , Virtuous , Authentic , Needful and Thorough). For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101.

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Aim Higher: Servant Leaders are Humble

Skip Prichard

Leadership and Humility. Arrogant leaders require everything to go through them, and that weakens the team.” What one trait of servant leadership is absolutely crucial to the other eight? On this week’s “Aim Higher” podcast, my panel and I discuss the last of the nine traits of a servant leader: humility.

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Aim Higher: Servant Leaders Help People with Life Issues

Skip Prichard

Leadership Tip: Treat your employees as people not “workers.” Jennifer Collins. Otherwise, you are only a manager with a title, not a servant leader leading with others in mind. Caring about others is a crucial quality of servant leadership. Too many companies believe people are interchangeable.

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Aim Higher: Why Servant Leaders Create a Culture of Trust

Skip Prichard

Servant Leadership is Based on Trust. 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. I think of a company I worked at that, when I started, I saw a complete lack of trust.

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3 Studies Prove Servant Leadership Good for Business

Modern Servant Leader

Opponents of servant leadership argue that the concept sounds good, but it just does not work in business. “Show me one study,” they say, “that proves Servant Leadership works for business.” Here are three studies that prove Servant Leadership is good for business: Good Company Index.

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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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43 Best Leadership Books to Skyrocket Your Career

Miles Anthony Smith

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? There's a sea of poor advice to wade through looking for those leadership pearls of wisdom , especially with the popularity of blogging and the ease of self-publishing. Leadership books aren't a magic cure-all that turns you into a great leader overnight.

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