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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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Aim Higher: Servant Leaders Help People with Life Issues

Skip Prichard

” -Jennifer Collins. Otherwise, you are only a manager with a title, not a servant leader leading with others in mind. 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. People First.

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Ways to Boost Innovation and Accelerate Organizational Learning

The Practical Leader

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. Stages three and four lean heavily on disciplined management systems and processes.

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43 Best Leadership Books to Skyrocket Your Career

Miles Anthony Smith

Even if you manage to find what appears to be solid leadership advice, does it actually help you advance your career and become a better leader? ​ 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.

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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.

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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.