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. Jim : Becoming an Influential leader…. Full Transcript.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." He is the primary author of Fired Up or Burned Out. In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

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Skills Servant Leader Bond Cooper 65

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Here’s a collection of the best blog posts over the last month written by top leadership bloggers. Thanks to Dan McCarthy over at Great Leadership for organizing it. Welcome to the November 7, 2010, early bird edition of leadership development carnival! Here’s Who Can Help? posted at Mary Jo Asmus.

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Leadership Blog Human Resources Mission Statement 199

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 26, 2013

It plagues leaders from the top to the bottom of an organization: new leaders, old leaders, promoted from within, hired from the outside. I am just being a servant leader.” Many of these leaders are well intentioned, they do just want to help their direct reports or expedite progress toward a goal.

Micromanagement 252

Micromanagement Emotional Intelligence Delegation Servant Leader 252

Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

29 Leadership Experts Share Their Top 19 Leadership Competencies & Behaviors for Success (Plus Leaderboard) It seems that the world has a lack of leadership these days, doesn’t it? Why does poor leadership seem to be such an epidemic in government, business, and nonprofits?

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Leadership Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Open-book 102

N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

Posted on July 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Leaders: born or made? Both – some people are born with innate qualities that predispose them to being leaders, and other people while not naturally gifted with leadership ability can acquire it.

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Blog Brand Depreciation Consultative 413

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 2, 2018

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." He is the primary author of Fired Up or Burned Out. In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Skills 50

Skills Servant Leader Bond Cooper 50

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 14, 2017

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." He is the primary author of Fired Up or Burned Out. In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Skills 59

Skills Servant Leader Bond Cooper 59

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Tanveer Naseer wrote a wonderful post recently where he asked, “ Is Leadership an Art or a Science? Similarly, a great leader’s way of interacting with those around them include a blend of behaviors. Here are some that come to mind: Passion and Practicality: Sustaining great leadership over the long haul requires passion.

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Leadership Blog Open-book Greenleaf 221

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 20, 2016

By way of introduction, a recap of why reality checks matter: The essence of leadership lies within who you are and how you behave. You don’t just arrive at great and sustainable leadership with a rub of the genie’s bottle. You need strong foundational work and pillars that may take months if not years to develop.

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Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Construction Bottom-up 150

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." He is the primary author of Fired Up or Burned Out. In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Skills 50

Skills Servant Leader How To Bond 50

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 2, 2017

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." He is the primary author of Fired Up or Burned Out. In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Books 50

Books Servant Leader Bond Cooper 50

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 21, 2017

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." He is the primary author of Fired Up or Burned Out. In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Skills 50

Skills Servant Leader Bond Cooper 50

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." He is the primary author of Fired Up or Burned Out. In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Skills 50

Skills Servant Leader How To Bond 50

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. A couple years ago, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

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Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 77

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 15, 2016

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." He is the primary author of Fired Up or Burned Out. In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Servant Leader 50

Servant Leader How To Bond Cooper 50

Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Well, nearly everyone agrees trust is a critically important factor in leadership success. This past week I posed that question to 120 family business owners and leaders representing dozens of industries across the Midwest United States and 100% answered in the affirmative. But how about a personal leadership mission statement?

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Mission Statement Servant Leader Survey Motivation 99

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 19, 2016

Leadership is not for the faint of heart. The essence of leadership lies within who you are and how you behave. In fact, leadership and character are one and the same. Becoming a leader means embarking on a courageous journey of strength and integrity. The best leaders never stop learning and growing.

Emotional Intelligence 150

Emotional Intelligence Goleman Loyalty Covey 150

Eric Jacobson

MAY 6, 2015

And, that "human connection affects much more than the bottom line." He is the primary author of Fired Up or Burned Out. In addition, the five primary reasons connection cultures need to be a high priority are that employees who feel connected: Perform at the top of their game.

Servant Leader 50

Servant Leader How To Bond Cooper 50

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 21, 2010

They know that by identifying less than helpful behavior and improving themselves, they will make the biggest impact on their organization and the bottom line. Developing staff is as important as the bottom line. Their organizations don’t balk at allocating resources to develop a pipeline of leaders.

Self-aware 176

Self-aware Bottom-up Greenleaf Maslow 176

Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 20, 2010

When I ask what he can stop doing, give away, or prioritize to the bottom of his to-do list, he says, “nothing”. The single most important way he can help is by believing that that people are capable of thinking for themselves in order to come up with the perfect solutions for the problems they are dealing with. Consider this scenario.

Learning-by-Doing 222

Learning-by-Doing Blog Greenleaf Maslow 222

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

Books 50

Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 50

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?"

Books 59

Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 59

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Every action, every gesture and every word out of a leader’s mouth can influence in a positive or a negative way; either way impacts the bottom line. Like you, I’ve known (and sometimes worked for) leaders who are able to instill a sense of pride, accomplishment, and fun into even the most mundane tasks. Keep it up, bub.&#

Influence 174

Influence Blog Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing 174

Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 2, 2011

Notice where this blind spot might be showing up, and notice how others respond to it. In my own situation, I’m still observing where “intensity&# shows up and where it might be a strength or hinder relationships. In the latter case, I’ll want to learn to lighten up. You hit the bottom-line message on the nail!

Self-aware 203

Self-aware Long-term Blog Learning-by-Doing 203

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He is a former Fortune 500 HR executive, president of The Eblin Group and graduate of Davidson College, Harvard University, and Georgetown University’s leadership coaching certificate program, where he is also on the faculty. Here’s the story that I come up with.

Bottom-up 177

Bottom-up Short-term Executive Coaching Open-book 177

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous. He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Leadership requires a great deal of reflection in order to improve and change; yet we resist the idea of doing something that feels stagnant. Learning to “go with the gut&# provides a definite advantage for leaders in fast moving organization. Reflection may very well be one of the most impactful actions you can take as a leader.

Self-aware 202

Self-aware Definition Learning-by-Doing Long-term 202

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2012

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?"

Books 92

Books Handbook Kotter Leadership Pipeline 92

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Unfortunately, with the focus on profit, solution placement, timelines, and commissions, the potential for true servant-leadership has been overlooked. We can continue to wait to make a sale, or become a true Servant Leader and lead our buyers through these decision points. She lives in Austin, Texas.

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Servant Leader Newsletter Resources CFO 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It focuses on the major management challenges that successful start-ups encounter when leaders decide to grow and scale their businesses. Customers don’t expect to get bottom-of-the-barrel prices everywhere they go, but they do expect to be treated with respect. Discussion questions are provided for each case.

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Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62