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Do You Trust Your Team Enough to Go on Vacation?

Leading with Trust

Do you have low trust in your team’s ability to manage without you? Simple truth #44 in my new book with Ken Blanchard, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust , says… The most important part of leadership is what happens when you’re not there. Trust never takes a vacation.

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When Servant Leadership Goes Awry | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Some of these servant leaders express reluctance to “impose” on others to help with the workload.

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Servant Leadership Revisited

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from William Dann: The concept of servant leadership was introduced by Ancient Chinese philosophers such as Lao-Tzu, then found in the Christian teachings of Mark. It was popularized in modern management writings by Robert Greenleaf in a 1970 essay. In that context, servant leadership works.

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The Trouble with Control

Great Leadership By Dan

Yet, there are signs of low trust/high control managers everywhere. And it’s not just the nemesis of new, inexperience managers who are nervous and learning to use their delegation skills. I am just being a servant leader.” accountability coaching control delegation Jen Shirkani micromanaging'

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8 Steps for Dealing with An Underperforming Employee

Leading with Trust

Because the process feels uncomfortable and managers don’t have a plan to follow, they either do a poor job at addressing underperformance or they just don’t do it all. Managers can confidently and successfully deal with underperforming employees by following an eight-step plan. It doesn’t have to be that way. Looking out the window.

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No Joke: The April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Managing this Carnival gives me a reason to connect with each of them, keep up with their blogs, and discover some new ones each month. Lots of managers spend 50 % of their time at work in meetings. If you want to be a more effective leader, be real and relatable. Many meetings are just a waste of time. Lead in living color.”.

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Take responsibility for……

Persuasive Powerhouse

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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