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Are You a Servant Leader? Whom Do You Serve?

The Practical Leader

Robert Greenleaf, coined the term “Servant Leadership&# in the 1960s when he retired from management development at AT&T and formed the Centre for Applied Ethics. Further Reading: Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. A Customer Culture is Built on a Service Ethic. Whom do you serve?

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Is There Hope for Leaders?

Persuasive Powerhouse

August 15th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Yet another Fortune CEO has fallen due to ethics violations. Is there hope for ethical, moral power to prevail? Am I acting ethically in this situation?” Assuring that your leadership is moral and ethical can be easier when you have good relationships with those around you.

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Interview with David McCuistion of Vanguard Organizational Leadership (VOL)

Modern Servant Leader

David is a retired Navy Officer whose last job was managing and supervising Custodians and Security Monitors in the Custodial Services division of the Mukilteo School District in Everett, Washington. As Greenleaf wrote, there is a healing in the process of serving others. Are there any other questions you wish I’d asked? Introduction.

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Thought-full Thursday: The Inspiration of Questions

Persuasive Powerhouse

What is the most ethical action we might take?” Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. Albert Einstein; the question that led to the theory of relativity. What might DNA look like in a 3D form?”

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Are We Responsible for Bad Leadership?

Persuasive Powerhouse

Complacency has it’s price, up to and including some morally and ethically reprehensible leaders who have been elected to public office. He ultimately took the tyrant out of a management position at the company (in today’s world, this individual may have been fired). By not doing anything you are just supporting bad management.

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43 Best Leadership Books to Skyrocket Your Career

Miles Anthony Smith

Even if you manage to find what appears to be solid leadership advice, does it actually help you advance your career and become a better leader? Greenleaf's, "Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power & Greatness," provides a blueprint for securing and maintaining proper, respectable leadership.

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Being Wrong is Good

Persuasive Powerhouse

Yet it is always the moral and ethical thing to do. Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. If you are in a work environment that simply doesn’t get it, get out asap!