Modern Servant Leader

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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. If they’re falling short, it should never be because they did not have a chance to seek support. Praise Over Punishment : Accountability does not require being an ass when someone misses their goal.

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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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This does not mean personal career goals should be ignored – only that they must come after serving stakeholders. A common failure of executives today is an emphasis on short-term results without regard for the long-term costs. Specifically, we speak here of putting the needs of those you serve, first. Empathetic.

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How is as at Least as Important as What

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Don’t we realize that how we accomplish a goal impacts the sustainability of the results? After all, it’s easy to accomplish short term “whats” when you don’t care how. Why is that? Why have we lost the emphasis on how in exchange for what?

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