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SERVANT Leaders are Thorough – Acronym Model

Modern Servant Leader

For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101. The last principle in the SERVANT Leadership acronym is THOROUGH. Servant leaders focus on the long-term. Unfortunately, these near-term wins are often achieved at the expense of people and long-term assets.

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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. I believe there is resistance to almost anything that takes some time to learn or do.

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Thought-full Thursday: Starting From What Is

Persuasive Powerhouse

Many people focus on the long term objectives and how their work life should be, while not truly appreciating and internalizing exactly where they are right now. A very timely post post many of the new directions started this term at the MITA Brain Center! Ellen Weber : September 24, 2010 at 10:30 am Thanks Mary Jo!

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The Skills of Kindness: a guide for sellers, coaches, leaders and facilitators

Strategy Driven

In this article I’ll explain why and how we fall short, and introduce new skills to enable us to truly serve Others. We are unwittingly causing the very resistance we seek to avoid as we attempt to place perfectly good data into a closed system. We Connect Through Our Own Subjectivity. often fall on deaf ears.

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Is Your Heart the Boss of You? | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

Is this what we call chemistry in common terms? Mary Jo Asmus : September 21, 2010 at 9:07 pm Hi Corrie, You’ve said so much about an important leadership journey in such a short space. Thanks for sharing it. Mary Jo Asmus : September 21, 2010 at 9:09 pm Hi Garrick, I wonder if the HeartMath people might be interested?

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5 Ways to Lead with Empathy

Leading with Trust

People want an empathetic leader. But ask someone to define the term, and you’re likely to be met with silence. Some are deciding life’s too short to leave their spirit at the door and endure long workdays just to bring home a paycheck. Empathetic leaders also balance great relationships with great results.

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What Would Your Founder Do? An Eli Lilly Story

Modern Servant Leader

We spent some time getting to know each other and eventually discussed two key topics: that my wife works for one of few remaining, large, family-owned businesses in the country and that I advocate servant leadership. For years, it seemed, the company continued its focus on long-term results more than other publicly held companies.

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