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The Power of Servant
Leadership
“You can accomplish anything
in life, provided that you do
not mind who gets the credit.”
- President Harry S. Truman
“But whoever would be great
among you, must be your
servant.”
- Jesus of Nazareth
Leadership Defined:
Option 1: “Leadership is Influence”
Leadership Defined:
Option 2: “Leadership is influence that moves people
toward an intended goal or purpose and is executed
with humility and integrity.”
"If you do not know where you are going, every road will
get you nowhere." - Henry Kissinger
What Makes A Great Leader:
- Goals (Vision)
- Integrity
- Humility
What Makes A Great Leader:
Humility in Leadership- A Leader is able to put his/her
own agenda aside and put the needs of the
organization and others ahead of themselves.
The Great Leadership Paradox:
We typically view successful leaders as demanding,
top-down authoritarians who employ excessive control
over people and the organization in order to gain the
intended outcome.
The Great Leadership Paradox:
The truth is, servant has proven to be the most
successful leadership style in the most successful US
businesses in recent history.
Larry Spears, who served for 17 years as the head of
the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, identified
ten characteristic of servant leaders in the writings of
Greenleaf. The ten characteristics are listening,
empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion,
conceptualization, foresight, stewardship,
commitment to the growth of others, and building
community.
The Great Leadership Paradox:
Servant leadership is a highly effective leadership model.
･ concept was developed by Robert K. Greenleaf in 1970.
･ Servant leadership is all about people and relationships.
･ Servant leadership isn’t about positions and titles, it is an
attitude that says people and relationships are important,
valuable and essential to our success.
･ Servant leaders recognize that the people producing the
widget are more valuable than the widget itself.
･ Servant leaders understand that the greatest success is
achieved when tasks are accomplished while building healthy
relationships with people.
Level 5 Leadership
In his book “Good to Great” author Jim Collins
researched the top Fortune 500 companies to
determine why some where more successful than
others. His research focused on those companies that
out performed the market 7 times consistently over a 15
year period.
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Level 5 Leadership
The result of his research found that there were 11
companies that met his stringent criteria. Once the
criteria was set he researched the characteristics that
set these companies apart from all of the others
Level 5 Leadership
He found that these 11 companies had the following
things in common:
- They had the right people in key leadership roles
- They confronted the brutal facts about their company
- The only focused on what they could be best at.
- They had a culture of discipline
- They used technology as an accelerator
- They knew how to use momentum
- They were all led by Level 5 Leaders
Level 5 Leadership
Characteristics of Level 5 (or servant leadership):
- Displays a Paradoxical Mix of Personal Humility and
Professional Will
- Sets Successors Up for Success
- Displays a Compelling Modesty
- Fanatically Driven to Make the Company Great
- Gives Praise when things Go Right and Takes the
Blame when things Go Wrong
Level 5 Leadership:
Displays a Paradoxical
Mix of Personal Humility and Professional Will
Level 5 Leadership:
Sets others up for
Success
"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be
those who empower others." - Bill Gates
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Level 5 Leadership:
Sets others up for
Success
- Importance of Mentoring:
- Be a mentor
- Be mentored
- Formula for Mentoring
- 3, 12, Multitudes
- 3 Inner Circle (VP’s)
- 12 Outer Circle (Managers)
- Multitudes (Employee’s)
Level 5 Leadership:
Displays a Compelling
Modesty
“I don't have any desire to buy a small island or a yacht.
That's what gets these other CEO's into trouble.” Sam
Walton
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Level 5 Leadership:
Make the Company Great
Fanatically Driven to
Level 5 Leadership:
Gives Praise when
things Go Right and Takes the Blame when things Go
Wrong
"My research debunks the myth that many people seem
to have . . . that you become a leader by fighting your
way to the top. Rather, you become a leader by helping
others to the top. Helping your employees is as
important, and many times more so, than trying to get
the most work out of them." ~ William Cohen, The Stuff
of Heroes: The Eight Universal Laws of Leadership.