“If you want to make everybody happy, don’t be a leader. Sell ice cream.” Not sure who said that first. But I love the quote. Why? Because it reminds me that leadership is not all sweetness and light. In my experience, leadership can be hard, gritty, messy, painful work. Especially in the workplace. Indeed, anyone […]
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The next time someone suggests to me that servant leadership is “soft,” you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to punch that person right in the nose! OK, I’m just kidding about that. But I’m not kidding about this: Servant leadership ain’t soft. Soft means lacking firmness or strength of character. That’s no
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“I’m looking for a brief introduction to servant leadership in the workplace. Can you give me something to read?” People ask me that regularly. So, I wrote Servant Leadership in the Workplace: A Brief Introduction. Servant leadership brings three things to the workplace: meaning, prosperity and joy. We spend so much of our lives these days
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