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
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