"Leadership is service, not position." — Tim Fargo
Lean organizations need leaders who know how to serve their people. A
servant leader -- one who wants to serve first and lead second -- strives to
create a work environment in which people can truly express these deepest of
inner drives. Servant leadership entails a deep belief that people are the
greatest asset any organization has, and to nurture their individual growth
becomes the basis for all organizational development. That growth goes far beyond
the limited dimension of financial benefit -- it dives into our core
motivations as people.
A servant-leader focuses primarily on the growth and
well-being of people and the communities to which they belong. While
traditional leadership generally involves the accumulation and exercise of
power by one at the “top of the pyramid,” servant leadership is different. The
servant-leader shares power, puts the needs of others first, and helps people
develop and perform as highly as possible.
Leaders are nothing without people. Put another way, people will make
or break you as a leader. You’ll either treat them well, earn their trust,
respect and loyalty, or you won’t. You’ll either see people as capital to be
leveraged or humans to be developed and fulfilled. You’ll either view yourself
as superior to your employees, or as one whose job it is to serve them, learn
from them, and leave them be better off for being led by you.
Servant leadership is a philosophy and set of practices that
enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately
creates a more just and caring world.
Lead by doing, listening caring and understanding. It starts with respect that builds trust and leads to greater teamwork, moral,quality and productivity improvements. "If you invest in those on the front lines, they will help you improve the bottom line".
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