Servant Leadership Principles & Practices

If you could only choose one word to describe what servant leadership brings to the workplace, what word would you pick? Me? I might pick freedom. Here are 10 workplace freedoms I’ve enjoyed when working with servant-leaders: Freedom to Implement. Surveys show that these are the top three workplace frustrations: (1) micromanagement, (2) micromanagement and (3) micromanagement. Servant-leaders usually leave […]

How can we help ourselves and others stay connected to our company’s mission? Our last blog reviewed recent research suggesting connection to mission matters most for high levels of employee energy, which in turn promotes engagement. Servant-leaders seek to create environments where energy is renewed rather than exhausted. As a practical matter, how can we do

Do people at your company feel connected to its mission? If your answer that question is, “meh*,” then your company probably has low levels of employee engagement and energy. These two ideas – engagement and energy – are related but distinct. Employee engagement can be defined in many ways, including the willingness to spend discretionary