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Accountability: Servant-Leadership in Sales

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Include the team in the goal setting process. Check-in Frequently : Leverage regular meetings on progress toward goals. Praise Over Punishment : Accountability does not require being an ass when someone misses their goal. In general, invest in praising those hitting their goals more than in reprimanding those who missed.

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Servant-Leadership and The Great Game of Business (GGOB)

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This requires a focus on long-term results over short-term gains and engaging issues at a detailed level. This means educating and engaging stakeholders on financial transparency, corporate planning, and business goals. In SERVANT-Leadership, we advocate being Thorough. EMPOWER: Follow the action and keep score.

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When Servant Leadership Will Not Work

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Short Term Objectives Only : If you have no long-term objectives. For example, when all you want is short term goals and are willing to throw away your investment and lose your team after those immediate goals are achieved, then servant leadership may not work. Here are a few I can think of: 1.

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SERVANT Leadership Acronym Definition

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It took me too long to discover servant leadership. It’s taking too long for others to discover the concept as well. This does not mean personal career goals should be ignored – only that they must come after serving stakeholders. Simply put, servant leadership is authentic leadership. Empathetic.

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What if Only the Coach Knows the Score, Time or Boundaries?

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It’s 4th and goal, with seconds left in the game. Your team has a decision to make – take a knee, kick a field goal or go for the touchdown? Has the game just begun and you’re driving toward long-term benefits? Similarly, your team can achieve a goal easily with no fiscal constraints or ethics.

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I’m Not Naive, We’re Just Cowards

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Without service to stakeholders as the primary goal of a leader, organizations fail. We’re cowards because we know what is right, what is necessary to lead successfully in the long-term, but we fail to do it. This, in essence, is what most leadership books boil down to. We’re just cowards – both of us.

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Interview with David McCuistion of Vanguard Organizational Leadership (VOL)

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As a teacher/instructor and public speaker, David has been conducting seminars on followership, leadership, goal-setting, creating vision, and mission and motto statements. Servant Leaders, in the process of achieving organizational goals and objectives, recognize the value of all employees, who themselves are leaders in their organization.