Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Delegation is important, both to avoid burnout and to ensure the person best suited for a job is the one executing it. Still, the leader should be thorough about who she delegates to. Accepts and Delegates Responsibility (Frick & Sipe). A leader stuck in analysis paralysis is not being thorough – they are indecisive.

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Servant Leader Long-term Greenleaf Short-term 203

Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 30, 2013

Lesson for Leaders : Be careful what you delegate. Yet Valjean delegates matters to him as though he can be trusted. As a result, when leading character Jean Valjean leaves resolving the accusations to his foreman, Fantine is thrown out on the street. You must be willing to accept the consequences – however tragic. Jean Valjean does.

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Leadership Delegation Uncertainty Ethics 238

Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

In seeking new ideas from others, the leader must carefully consider the recommendations and delegate the research needed to consider all implications of an idea. Delegation (Russell & Stone). He delegated and trusted his team while simultaneously displaying his need to hear new ideas, regardless of the source.

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Servant Leader Greenleaf Delegation Collins 197

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

You know the symptoms: reading email while you’re speaking , keeping the door closed – all the time, declining and / or delegating all your requests. In contrast, how many examples do you have of bad bosses that seemed too busy to hear you out ? The list goes on. I bet you could add a few yourself. Less commitment.

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How To Delegation Audience Commitment 218