“What gets measured gets done.” I first heard that expression when I served as CFO of CARE, a giant nonprofit organization. I mention that bit of context because I was then – and I enthusiastically remain – all in favoring of measuring things. As one who aspires to be a servant-leader in the workplace, one […]
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My post a couple of weeks back – “Servant Leaders Don’t Eat Sugar” – prompted one reader to share this story: Many years ago, a man on horseback encountered a squad of soldiers as he was riding along a Virginia road. The soldiers were trying to move a tree that had fallen across the way. A corporal
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Servant-leaders don’t eat sugar? What the heck are you talking about, Joe? Have you lost your mind? I get asked that occasionally. Well, not the sugar part, but the latter two questions, I do. So, here is what the heck I am talking about – a story I heard last week about Mohandas Gandhi: A mother
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