Servant Leadership Principles & Practices

“Command and control.” I’ve found those to be three dirty words in talk about servant leadership. Indeed, some people think servant-leaders motivate people only with persuasion and influence. And in most cases, that’s true. But not in all cases. Because leadership is contextual. And there are contexts when command and control is necessary. And when necessary, good […]

Building a trusting team is a priority of servant-leaders in the workplace.* Why? Lots of reasons. For one,  in competitive environments – which most environments are today – organizations with high trust outperform their peers. Indeed:  In the workplace, trust makes things run at higher speed and lower cost. After our three recent posts about trust, one reader asked to hear more

Servant-leaders are great at delegating. Indeed, purposeful delegation is one of the three key practices of servant-leaders in the workplace.* And what’s the opposite of great delegating? Dumping! From a servant leadership perspective, here’s 7 ways dumping ain’t great delegating: Dumpers withhold authority. The hallmark of dumping is assigning a task and withholding the authority needed to do it.