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SERVANT Leaders are Needful – Acronym Model

Modern Servant Leader

We’re near the end of our series on the definition of Servant Leadership through the acronym SERVANT. The servant leader is needful by being open to new ideas from anywhere and remains human, by reflecting their vulnerability. Operating environments change rapidly. What NEEDFUL Looks Like for Leaders.

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Could Your Next CEO Come from Any Department?

Modern Servant Leader

Do you value operations, maintenance, customer service , engineering, information technology , sales , finance, marketing , accounting – all departments, equally? In Good to Great, Jim Collins explains the best CEOs are not external hires, but brought up through internal development. You can leave a comment here.

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Unethical Leaders Capture Profits from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Modern Servant Leader

Heineken CEO Dolf van den Brink, Unilever CEOs Hein Schumacher (June) and Alan Jope (prior), Philip Morris CEO Jacek Olczak, Mondelez CEO Dirk Van de Put, and Nestle CEO Ulf Mark Schneider have all demonstrated a lack of ethical behavior. These leaders have not delivered on that promise.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. However, internal successors were found and they retained servant-leadership principles for many years. This was the main root of their problem.

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The Courage to Lead with Character and Resiliency

Leading Blog

Leaders must have the courage to make decisions with well less than perfect information. Jack Welch, who led General Electric as its CEO from 1981 to 2001observed that mid-level leaders at GE struggled with having the courage to make a decision. Character is the foundation of leadership. Escape To Freedom.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. However, internal successors were found and they retained servant-leadership principles for many years.

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LeadershipNow 140: March 2016 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from March 2016 that you might have missed: Max DePree: North America’s First CEO Design Thinker by Michael Graber @southerngrowth. The Dilemma Of The Servant Leader by @LollyDaskal. 7 Things A Leader Must Do To Build The Perfect Team by @Terry.Starbucker. by @JesseLynStoner. by @scedmonds.