Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2013

In carpentry, a veneer is a thin layer of finer-looking, artificial wood on top of a lower-grade quality, composite or cheaper wood. The reality may be a singular focus on the investor, selling low quality goods while overextending employees. Leadership Veneers. R.I.P. Leadership Veneers. Wood Veneer.

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Modern Servant Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

I went to wish him well and remind him how much his leadership and example meant to me. You can deliver a product in no time, if you don’t care about quality. A great mentor of mine was moving on to an opportunity at another company. I knew we’d keep in touch so it was not terribly sentimental.

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 3, 2012

In this series of traditional and social media marketing messages, Domino’s Pizza confessed to poor quality and said they would change. This is also one the reasons this site ( ModernServantLeader.com ) exists – to educate others on servant leadership. My favorite Sports store, Gazelle Sports , does a great job at this.

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Later, when that same employee is promoted to a leadership role, the investment in their development seems to vanish. It’s like we expect new bosses to acquire leadership skills through osmosis. Why do companies skimp on leadership education and development? People leadership is a skill like any other skill.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 3, 2012

In Person Services : If counselors are local, the company is likely investing more to increase employee comfort level and quality of the services offered. EAPs that really focus on serving the needs of the employees look different. Examples of these EAPs include: 1.

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Modern Servant Leader

MARCH 22, 2012

These programs also push employees to own quality and support. Offer Friends and Family Sales & Discount Programs : Much like that offered by my employer and all the top auto manufacturers, friends and family discount programs encourage employees to sell.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 20, 2011

You know, we just don’t seem to care about quality anymore. It’s no surprise everybody buys the Chia Pet instead of our Mia Pet – ours leaks more water and leaves little marks. Positive Paul. Positive Paul works for Mia Pet as well. He meets up with his friends, Inquiring Irene and Negative Ned for drinks.

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 3, 2015

Every high school senior has one goal in common when applying to college: displaying leadership qualities. They may even define leadership different. Now, how many of these institutions actually have a course in leadership as a core requirement? Is it any wonder why we have a crisis of leadership? To be clear: 1.

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 10, 2012

Welcome to the Spring 2012 edition of the Servant Leadership Observer – your most comprehensive source of servant leadership news, events and blog posts. Want to receive monthly servant leadership updates and regular posts from ModernServantLeader.com? Yoder is also asked to speak regularly on servant leadership.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

We spent some time getting to know each other and eventually discussed two key topics: that my wife works for one of few remaining, large, family-owned businesses in the country and that I advocate servant leadership. Furthermore, the importance of quality – a principle vital to the founder – remained paramount.

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