Great Leadership By Dan
MAY 3, 2018
Guest post by Ken Blanchard: Most people who consider themselves servant leaders spend the majority of their time thinking about how to help their people get what they need to achieve their goals and live according to the organizational vision. They are seen as “do-nothing” managers. The antidote for false pride is humility.
Michael Lee Stallard
OCTOBER 18, 2010
Here’s an example of a servant leader that brings the force of connection to life. Servant leaders such as Admiral Clark outperform other leaders because they move people to “surrender the me for the we” and it is nearly always the case that we accomplish more when we are pulling together than when we are drifting apart.
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Eric Jacobson
APRIL 15, 2021
Check out the definitive book on servant leadership. It's a curated collection of incredibly insightful and motivational perspectives on servant leadership via essays by 44 servant leaders. You're sure to take lots of notes as you capture advice from this powerful book, where as John C.
Leading with Trust
MARCH 8, 2020
After my presentation, a participant approached me to discuss how servant leaders use power. You see, she had noticed on one of my PowerPoint slides that I had said servant leaders “seek more influence.” Servant leaders seeking more power? ” That seemed contradictory to her.
Mark Sanborn
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Employees today think of themselves much differently, despite how managers and leaders think and talk about those on their team. They recognize their relationship to a manager on the org chart, but think of that as only a line of authority. Robert Greenleaf coined the term “servant leadership” in the 1960s.
Lead Change Blog
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
The article, titled, “Beam Me Up Scotty,” talks about me being too focused on my own career — causing me to miss an opportunity to learn from my boss, who was a very quiet, humble servant leader. I was in my late 20s at the time and thought I was a good leader. As leaders, we should focus on the journey and not the destination.
Leading with Trust
JANUARY 17, 2024
What’s driving leaders to create this culture of fear? According to a recent survey , 33 percent of managers lead with fear. As the study’s authors point out, if you were to ask a manager if they lead with fear, most will say no. I’ve observed many leaders who manage people through fear. Well, it’s fear.
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