article thumbnail

My Dad The Servant Leader

Next Level Blog

I was disappointed by his answer and didn’t understand his motivations then but I do now. My dad was a servant leader. Another was that while I was always impressed by my dad’s history as a leader (and he clearly was), he was a servant first. How do you measure a leader? Eblin, was a servant leader.

article thumbnail

The Servant Leader vs. the Human Ego

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Ken Blanchard: Most people who consider themselves servant leaders spend the majority of their time thinking about how to help their people get what they need to achieve their goals and live according to the organizational vision. It sneaks up when they least expect it and manifests itself in two ways.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Celebrate and Motivate Your Team at an End of Year Event

Modern Servant Leader

Do you want to celebrate and motivate your team at an end-of-year celebration, a new year kickoff, or both? New Year Motivation Motivate your team to something new. How can you motivate your team and inspire them to change? These events can be tricky. He asked attendees to change our terminology.

article thumbnail

Servant Leaders Outperform Because They Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

Here’s an example of a servant leader that brings the force of connection to life. Servant leaders such as Admiral Clark outperform other leaders because they move people to “surrender the me for the we” and it is nearly always the case that we accomplish more when we are pulling together than when we are drifting apart.

article thumbnail

How To Be A Servant Leader

Eric Jacobson

Check out the definitive book on servant leadership. It's a curated collection of incredibly insightful and motivational perspectives on servant leadership via essays by 44 servant leaders. Maxwell writes: " When you become a leader, you give up your right to think of yourself first.

article thumbnail

5 Ways Servant Leaders Stand Out From The Crowd

Leading with Trust

Your quest is to learn the behaviors that make servant leaders stand out from the crowd. You would observe at least five key ways servant leaders are different from their counterparts. As Larry Spears observed in the book Servant Leadership in Action , listening is one of ten key characteristics of a servant leader.

article thumbnail

Servant Leadership and Command Decisions

Lead Change Blog

He asked about those times in a leader’s life when they need to push the organization forward; when servant leaders need to use their power to make decisions. What’s your motive? My response started with it’s all about your motive as a leader. How you do this is what matters to servant leaders.