Month: May 2026

Are You A Servant Leader?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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The question is, ‘Are you a servant leader?’ If you are not, it is never too late. You can learn it.

According to Ken Blanchard and Renee Broadwell, ‘To volunteer to willingly give up one’s life as a soldier for the greater cause is perhaps the most profound example of servant leadership.’

‘True leadership is not about being a master- it’s about being a servant.’

‘Authentic servant leadership cannot come from the outside in. It comes from the inside out.’

‘To do what you say, you have to know what you want to say.’

‘To lead others, you have to learn about yourself.’

‘Inside-out leadership is about discovering who you are, what drives you to do what you do, and what gives you the credibility to lead others.’

‘Inside-out leadership is about becoming the author of your own story and the maker of your own history. Inside-out leadership is also the only way to respond to what your people want from you.’

‘Leadership credibility is about connecting voice and touch, and practicing what you preach, and about doing what you say you will do.’

‘If you don’t find your voice, you may find yourself with a vocabulary that belongs to someone else, mouthing words that were written by a speechwriter who is nothing like you at all.’

‘True servant leadership means you are called to care– not to just feel sorry for someone or feel sympathy or empathy- but to do something.’

Source:

Ken Blanchard and Renee Broadwell (2018). Servant Leadership in Action: How You Can Achieve Great Relationships and Results

Thriving In A Rapidly-Changing World

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Change is here to stay. If you want to thrive, change is the way. If you are not willing to change, people will leave you behind.

But you can’t do it alone. You need other people. According to Arpil Rinne, ‘In times of great change, when the world is in flux, we need each other more than ever. We need one another’s support, wisdom, guidance, presence, and occasionally a shoulder to cry on. We need one another’s generosity.’

‘Knowing your enough means knowing that the more you give, the better you make others’ lives. The better you make others’ lives, the more they can contribute to the world, the more your life is improved … and the cycle continues.’

‘Generous leaders understand that having the greatest impact on the world means giving the most of ourselves, not acquiring the most for ourselves. To be more, give more.’

‘Leading with enough means nurturing relationships above all else: not for money, but for their inherent and often incalculable value.’

‘Knowing your enough sees through the futility of comparison and empowers you to develop your own metrics of ‘enoughness’ rooted in internal satisfaction, meaning, relationships, resilience, discovery, and helping others.’

‘Knowing your enough brings clarity about what really matters.’

‘When you know your enough, you have less anxiety and your ability to thrive expands a lot.’

‘We don’t need to find new solutions: we need to regain our bearings, reconnect with ourselves and one another, and discover what we’ve already known.’

‘Getting lost doesn’t mean lacking direction or being foolish- … it means being completely comfortable with what you don’t (and may never) know.’

‘Learning to see what’s invisible doesn’t mean losing focus or ignoring what is visible. … It’s the ability to adjust your gaze, see the full picuture, and really understand what’s what.’

Source:

April Rinne (2021). Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change