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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. Then amongst the board there arose such a clatter, “Ego-based leaders” they said, “no longer matter.”. We’ve ousted the selfish, greedy narcissists, Replaced them with servant leaders, here to assist.”.

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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. Then amongst the board there arose such a clatter, “Ego-based leaders” they said, “no longer matter.”. We’ve ousted the selfish, greedy narcissists, Replaced them with servant leaders, here to assist.”.

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From Corner Office to Novelist

In the CEO Afterlife

I bailed from the corner office with a golden parachute strapped to my back and started a consulting business. At the event I will share the truth behind my fiction – what I wrote, why I wrote it, and what I learned from this challenging odyssey. . Fifteen years later when I fully retired.

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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.

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Living the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

He was 62, a golden parachute strapped to his back, but no hobbies or interests beyond business. Some find happiness pursuing interests that evaded them during the demanding years in the C-suite. At one time I worked for a hard-driving fellow who was pushed out of the corporate cockpit.

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Shame On Our Apology Economy

Lead Change Blog

And I want to see leaders of public corporations held accountable to their misdeeds (including the forfeiture of any golden parachutes should they or their companies be found guilty of obvious criminal or fraudulent behaviors perpetrated on their consumers). I personally do not want to see us perpetuate this apology economy.

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This is a Post on Leadership

LDRLB

Here is a paragraph describing a recent headline-dominating story about a fallen CEO and his (or her) golden parachute. Or, about the irrefutable need for leaders to posses some vague element of character, like trust or authenticity.