Servant leadership emerges as a powerful and relevant approach in this dynamic environment. Coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in the 1970s, servant leadership flips the traditional leadership model on its ...

What is the purpose of a leader? Should a leader set direction, decide strategy, and tell others what to do, or should a leader be a facilitator, helping the group to achieve shared goals? Most of us ...

For servant leaders, you probably know the qualities that you embody, as outlined below. Here’s a great guide to servant leadership if you wish to know more. 1. You are an Active Listener Active ...

Dr. Laura Flores Cailloux is exactly the kind of person we need representing us on the Mount Vernon School Board. Over the years I have had the opportunity to collaborate with Laura through the ...

Question: In a job interview recently, the hiring manager corrected me after I talked about my leadership experience. He said, “It sounds more to me like you’re a servant leader.” What’s the ...

More than 40 years have passed since the summer day I said goodbye to my parents, boarded a bus with my fellow plebes and began cadet basic training at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Little ...

There is a fundamental reset underway in what young people want to get out of work and what one looks for in their career. The old mentality of “do the grunt work and climb the proverbial corporate ...

I have to admit up front that I have an exceedingly bad reaction to the name of the concept, “servant leadership.” I think some of the reaction is feminist: I am not anyone’s servant. Just because I ...

The new chief medical officer of Memorial Healthcare System seeks to build relationships, foster trust, and embrace teamwork. Servant leadership embraces a team approach and facilitates everyone's ...