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Coaching Others: Short Term Pain for Long Term Gain

Persuasive Powerhouse

Let’s call using coaching skills “short term pain for long term gain”. The great news is that if you are dedicated to it, and spend the time it takes there are some wonderful long term benefits for you and your employees. All Rights Reserved.

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The Servant-Leadership Times They are a Changin

Modern Servant Leader

Well, the times they are a changin … The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership has announced their new headquarters will be located in Northern New Jersey, within Seton Hall University. Seton Hall has long been a fellow advocate in the advancement of servant-leadership principles. That was two decades ago.

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Leadership Decision Test: Serving or Controlling?

Modern Servant Leader

Another control indicator is when you make decisions that drive short-term results at long-term costs. Greenleaf test: Do those being served grow as persons; do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants? – Robert K.

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SERVANT Leaders are Thorough – Acronym Model

Modern Servant Leader

Servant leaders focus on the long-term. Unfortunately, these near-term wins are often achieved at the expense of people and long-term assets. Thorough leaders also plan for and invest in the long-term, first. Short-term wins come second in priority. What THOROUGH Looks Like for Leaders.

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SERVANT Leaders are Selfless – Acronym Model

Modern Servant Leader

A selfless leader must still look at the long-term needs of their stakeholders and ensure they deliver sustainable results. Spears, Larry: Power of Servant Leaders (Greenleaf, Spears, 1998); Servant Leadership: A Journey into… (Greenleaf, Spears, 2002); and more. References : 1. Sipe, James W. &

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Top 10 Servant Leadership Tweeters in 2012

Modern Servant Leader

Long-time leadership great, Ken Blanchard continues share his wisdom with us across many channels. The Greenleaf Center welcomed Joe Iarroci as their new CEO this year. I think many SL advocates look forward to what 2013 will bring for Greenleaf under Joe’s service. Greenleaf Center ( @GreenleafCenter ).

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Why only long-term, high-impact books become business “classics”

First Friday Book Synopsis

We seem to live in an age of instant gratification during which the average attention span resembles a strobe light blink and most people are only interested in (often obsessed with) the latest, “the best,” what’s new, the biggest, the fastest, what “they” recommend, etc. It was a 12th century French Neo-Platonist philosopher, Bernard of [.].