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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The last principle in the Acronym Model of SERVANT-Leadership ® is Thorough. This 6-minute lesson demonstrates the Thorough principle, through the example of Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts). Erin Brockovich was an unemployed, single mother of 3 children, who, in 1993, discovered that Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) was lying to residents and employees while poisoning their drinking water.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Top Tips for Managing Up. When it comes to managing up, there are two scenarios: when you’re on good terms with your boss and when you’re struggling with them. From my experience, most people seeking advice on managing up, are already struggling to align with their boss. The following tips are categorized for each scenario. Managing Your Boss in Good Times & Bad.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Speed Mentoring. In a leadership development class I was teaching yesterday, one of the participants mentioned that their employer offers. regular speed mentoring opportunities and it occurred to me a lot of you may not be familiar. with this term or concept and what it is. So I’m sharing real quickly. Simply put, speed mentoring includes brief conversations between multiple mentors and mentees on specific topics in rapid succession.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Starbucks announced yesterday that Laxman Narasimhan will replace CEO Howard Schultz as the company’s new CEO. Named interim CEO, Schultz has been CEO and Board chairman off and on at the company for over 35 years and is chief architect of their culture. As successor to Schultz, Narasimhan has big shoes to fill and begs the question, “what can we expect from his leadership”?

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JULY 6, 2022

The second-to-last principle in the Acronym Model of SERVANT-Leadership is Nonpartisan. This 6-minute lesson demonstrates the Nonpartisan principle, through the example of Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) and Peter Brand (Jonah Hill). Billy Beane was manager of the Oakland A’s Major League Baseball team, when their player salary budget was slashed. He knew they could not compete with major budget teams like the Yankees and Red Sox through traditional means.

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APRIL 18, 2022

The fifth principle in the Acronym Model of SERVANT-Leadership is Authentic. This 6-minute lesson demonstrates this principle, through the example of Kay Graham and Ben Bradlee (played by Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks) debating personal relationships vs. professional responsibilities. Graham is the CEO of The Washington Post and Bradlee is Executive Editor for the paper.

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MARCH 23, 2022

The fourth principle in the Acronym Model of SERVANT-Leadership is Virtuous. This 8-minute lesson demonstrates this principle, through the example of Oskar Schindler (played by Liam Neeson). Schindler was a German Industrialist in World War II and an imperfect man in many ways. However, he saved the lives of 1,200 Jews by employing them in his factories and shielding them from death camps.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The second principle in the Acronym Model of SERVANT-Leadership is Empathy. This 7-minute lesson demonstrates this principle, as learned by Al Harrison (played by Kevin Costner), through the courage of Katherine Johnson (played by Taraji P. Henson). Johnson is part of a team of female African-American’s playing a vital role in the early days of the NASA space program.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The principles of servant-leadership, as captured in the Acronym Model of SERVANT-Leadership begin with Selflessness. This 7 minute lesson shows this principle as applied by Nelson Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman), during South Africa’s preparation for the 1995 World Cup of Rugby. Also present in this example are the principles of Empathy and Resolve.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

Do you have a terrible boss? Welcome to the horror show. Which leadership horror most closely aligns to your bad boss experience? As another Halloween approaches, it is time to revisit and update our list of Horror Story Bosses. Headless Horseman. First on our list is the Headless Horseman. In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the headless horseman is the ghost of a decapitated soldier who seeks his head and is willing to take yours, as a substitute.

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JULY 29, 2021

We’ve seen Simone Biles as a leader for gymnasts, the Olympics, and other athletes for years. Yesterday, she showed us Ms. Biles is also a leader for mental health. The best leaders are those who believe in something strongly enough they are willing to sacrifice to make it happen. For this reason, many of the greatest leaders are accidental leaders.

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MARCH 29, 2021

A new study by Radiant Forest, LLC ranked all Fortune 500 companies and the top 500 of the INC 5,000, according to their online employee feedback scores. The study analyzed 17 different attributes across Glassdoor, Indeed, and LinkedIn to derive a single score, called the Digital Leadership Culture Index (DLCI). The DLCI score allows employers, employees, candidates, and analysts to quickly and easily determine how each company rates vs. peers and competition, when it comes to people leadership.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

All I want for Christmas is Servant Leadership. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all of the staff. Sat on Zoom hoping a leader would come, on their behalf. Tired of the power model still in the air, They hoped a servant-leader, soon would be there. There had been no focus on long-term success, And Short-term drivers too long caused distress. While some struggled for a solution, others had fled, We needed a change before going in the red.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Tony Hsieh , an outstanding example of servant-leadership , the former CEO of Zappos and founder of LinkExchange, passed away Friday November 27th, 2020. He succumbed to injuries suffered during a house fire on November 18th, while visiting family for Thanksgiving. Tony Hsieh & Servant-Leadership. Hsieh wrote the book Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose , which remains one of the best contemporary cases for servant-leadership in business.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Recently, I partnered with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion expert, Glen Guyton from GuyStar Enterprises, to help business executives better address racial inequality in their workplace and industry. This 1 hour session was an abridged version of a 4 part, 4 hour series, based on the following books: White Fragility: Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.

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JULY 13, 2020

Join Business & Racial Awareness: From Conversation to Action , today. Seats are limited. Sessions start Friday. About the Course. I grew up in very white suburbs. With little exposure to other heritages, but a strong moralistic and Christian-centered world view, I considered myself an ally and “woke” before I knew these terms. I said everything I thought a supportive, intelligent, diversity-endorsing professional was supposed to say: “I don’t see color” “

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JUNE 5, 2020

In times of tragedy and civil unrest, it is easy and common for companies to release position statements. It’s good for leaders to offer their support to communities in need. A positive message that says, “we stand with you” feels good. Unfortunately, in these times, your stakeholders need more than warm fuzzies – they need your action.

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APRIL 21, 2020

Heat map of percentage of institutions with leadership programs, in the United States, by state. Does anyone believe we have enough good leaders in politics? What about the workplace? I didn’t think so. In the “Be the Good” TEDx talk , I mentioned we have so many bad bosses, that we tend to find poor leadership acceptable – even expected.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Virtually everyone faces a new normal today. If you lead people, you face additional challenges. None of us have all the answers. Perhaps together though, we may develop great solutions. We’re here to help. Here is a list of recommendations from people leadership practitioners. They were each asked: What is your advice for leaders facing a crisis?

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MARCH 17, 2020

Infographic : 9 Tips for Working Remotely (Large version here ). Are you new to working from home or working remote? Have you considered the challenges and special needs of your remote employees? With the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, there are many people, new to telecommuting, who could use some tips and best practices. I’m the author of, “ Paradigm Flip : Leading People, Teams, and Organizations Beyond the Social Media Revolution” I’ve spent 20 years leading

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JANUARY 5, 2020

Welcome to 2020. Please don’t expect major corporations to grasp the concept of true diversity, unless you help. We see another example today, presented by Comcast’s subsidiary, NBC Universal, while launching the new streaming service, Peacock. What Happened. To raise awareness and anticipation about the upcoming launch, NBC Universal created a series of commercials with eggs about to hatch.

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JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears. Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Larry is also the one who studied Greenleaf’s writings for years, extracted and shared the very popular 10 Characteristics of Servant-Leadership.

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JULY 24, 2019

I was living in New York City when I first sought opportunities to work with companies focused on servant leadership. While interviewing a well-known author on the topic, his advice to me was simple: “Move”, he chuckled. He went on to explain his experience turned up few – if any – companies that were serious about servant-leadership in the greater New York area.

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JUNE 21, 2019

Here at Modern Servant Leader, we often discuss the power of digital media to expand leadership. So I appreciated the opportunity to speak about this at TEDx Calvin. In this talk, you also hear my gratitude for the role you each play, in advancing the servant-leadership movement. The objective of the talk is to encourage more people to leverage digital media, to intervene against evils.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The great Shakespeare play, Romeo & Juliet has a famous line, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” We often use this phrase to explain how names don’t really matter. I often hear the same excuse when organizations choose to call their leadership philosophy something different. They assure me, “it’s really servant-leadership, only with a different name” When I hear that, I always vomit a little in my mouth.

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JULY 30, 2018

Academia may lack degree programs in leadership, but Texas A&M University does an excellent job at introducing incoming students to servant-leadership. Kimberly Morrison, a sophomore with Texas A&M’s Freshmen in Service and Hosting ( FISH ), explains the university’s many servant-leadership programs, in this interview. Morrison explains how incoming Freshmen can join the FISH program, where they participate in an annual event called, “WAVES” The mission of WAVES i

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APRIL 23, 2015

Click here if you are unable to see the video. In Paradigm Flip , I introduced three types of listening in digital media for people leaders to monitor the online conversation about their business or non-profit and it’s industry: 1. Real Time: A real-time monitor streams content as it occurs in real-time online, from a specific source. 2. Comprehensive: The comprehensive monitor captures new content, anywhere publicly available online, but runs in batches.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

Can I get 1 minute of your time? I’ve been running this blog to advocate servant leadership adoption and digital media action, for free, since 2008. In all that time, I don’t recall asking you for a favor. Today though, I have a favor to ask. It should only take a minute of your time. I want to continue spreading servant leadership adoption and digital media action, to help others succeed.

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OCTOBER 27, 2015

Art Barter is the founder and CEO of the Servant Leadership Institute. They’re hosting SLI15: Let’s Do This! in Orlando, November 9th & 10th. At the end of this post is a 55% discount to the conference for MSL subscribers! Art was kind enough to sit down again with us and talk about servant leadership. As always, Art was a wealth of wisdom and insights.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Becky Robinson and the Weaving Influence team pulled together a great webinar on Servant Leadership. Each speaker had keen insights. Below are many of the highlights. Cheryl Bachelder. Cheryl A. Bachelder is a passionate restaurant industry executive serving as the CEO Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. Cheryl is also the author of, “Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others” Highlights from Cheryl include.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

My thanks to each and every one of you for the incredible support in 2015. I started ModernServantLeader.com with a mission to spread servant leadership awareness, adoption, and action. With your help, it’s clear we are making progress on our mission. So as we turn the corner on another year, I want to pause, thank you and share some of our progress.

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JANUARY 11, 2016

Tonight the top two college football teams of the year battled on the gridiron. There was no doubt these two schools developed athletic leaders. However, are the institutions behind these teams developing leaders off the field? I recently wrote about our leadership failure in academia. So during tonight’s game, when I saw the Southeastern Conference (SEC) tagline of “Scholars.

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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. He is the author of two best-selling books on the topic: “ The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership ” and “ The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle “ We met in front of a group of students fro

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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. He is the author of two best-selling books on the topic: “ The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership ” and “ The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle “ We met in front of a group of students fro

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JANUARY 11, 2016

Tonight the top two college football teams of the year battled on the gridiron. There was no doubt these two schools developed athletic leaders. However, are the institutions behind these teams developing leaders off the field? I recently wrote about our leadership failure in academia. So during tonight’s game, when I saw the Southeastern Conference (SEC) tagline of “Scholars.

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AUGUST 30, 2015

For the first time in history, leaders can receive effective feedback from millions of people. Why is now a great time to be a leader? What makes today so different from prior centuries, or even decades? Technology delivered a leadership innovation called digital social media. Throughout history there have been many communication innovations, but digital media, and its child – social media, provide the greatest benefit to leaders.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

Can I get 1 minute of your time? I’ve been running this blog to advocate servant leadership adoption and digital media action, for free, since 2008. In all that time, I never asked a favor. Today though, I have a favor to ask. It should only take a minute of your time. I want to continue spreading servant leadership adoption and digital media action, to help others succeed.

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