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The Servant-Leader’s Night Before Christmas (2022 Edition with Video)

Modern Servant Leader

Ego’s torn, pride drowned, the power leaders signed out, Their golden parachutes and bonuses now in doubt. Now finance, accounting and back-office teams, we’ll focus on the future, sustainability our theme. Then amongst the board there arose such a clatter, “Ego-based leaders” they said, “no longer matter.”.

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The Servant-Leader’s Night Before Christmas – 2020 Edition

Modern Servant Leader

Ego’s torn, pride drowned, the power leaders signed out, Their golden parachutes and bonuses now in doubt. Now finance, accounting and back-office teams, we’ll focus on the future, sustainability our theme. Then amongst the board there arose such a clatter, “Ego-based leaders” they said, “no longer matter.”.

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A Short History of Golden Parachutes

Harvard Business Review

Golden parachutes can’t seem to stay out of the news. Golden parachutes like these are hardly novel in American business. Golden parachutes such are now paid out even when executives leave amid scandal. Firms began adopting golden parachute-style payout packages in the late 1970s.