by bw_admin | Jul 15, 2015 | Servant Leadership
July 14 is the anniversary of Robert K. Greenleaf’s birth. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1904, Greenleaf, the father of modern servant leadership, set forth a counter-cultural perspective on leadership from his days at AT&T until his passing in 1990 that...
by bw_admin | May 13, 2015 | Servant Leadership
In studies of what employees want from an organization, being treated with dignity and respect always ranks higher than money. What does this really mean? If dignity is so important, leaders better understand it. The word dignity is one of those that I’m never...
by bw_admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Servant Leadership
A serving approach to leadership isn’t for everyone AND you can achieve success in your leadership endeavors without embracing it. Yes, you read that correctly. Servant leadership is not the only way to lead your team or organization to success. While I...
by bw_admin | Apr 8, 2015 | Servant Leadership
We measure all sorts of things. Quality, Profit, Safety, Engagement, Retention, Turnover are measured and those are all things that matter. If a red flag is raised on any one of these, depending on the nature of your organization, you go into action quickly and take...
by bw_admin | Apr 1, 2015 | Servant Leadership
A volunteer leader on my team, in an organization where we both serve, passed me in frustration yesterday as one of his team members didn’t live up to their responsibility and put him and the rest of the team into panic mode. I quickly said to him that we have...
by bw_admin | Mar 18, 2015 | Servant Leadership
I have the privilege to work with college students from around the country teaching them about leadership and what it takes to be successful in the working world. Recently, someone asked me what one leadership lesson I would teach to these students if I could only...
