by bw_admin | May 2, 2012 | Servant Leadership
As I considered your feedback from my last blog post, a profile emerged of a leader everyone dreams of working for. The profile’s seven elements correspond with key parts of the human body. Heart – The dream leader is humble and doesn’t take himself...
by bw_admin | Apr 26, 2012 | Servant Leadership
The evidence of the power of stories is all around us. Consider the Chicken Soup for the Soul series by Jack Canfield. By 2009, over 100 million copies had been sold with stories of mothers, prisoners, teenagers and veterans, among others. It’s no wonder that...
by bw_admin | Apr 24, 2012 | Servant Leadership
I’m working on new coaching material for a launch later this summer and I have been unpacking the phrase, “Be the type of leader everyone dreams of working for.” There’s lots of elements that comprise this type of leader. The latest edition of...
by bw_admin | Apr 17, 2012 | Servant Leadership
Recently, a colleague approached me to speak to her professional association of marketers. I have a few presentations on leadership always ready to go, but as with every request, I like to get the pulse of the audience I’ll be speaking to and modify my...
by bw_admin | Apr 12, 2012 | Servant Leadership
In their groundbreaking studies about effective leadership, award-winning writers Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner found that “overall, it [honesty] emerges as the single most important ingredient in the leader-follower relationship.” If a leader’s...