Servant Leadership


Recent Servant Leadership Articles

3 Easy Ways to Make Employees Happy

It's your job to create an environment that fosters happiness. Here are three simple ways to do it.  Read more

Going to Prison Made Me a Better CEO

No, I didn't go as a criminal; I went to teach the inmates about leadership. But they wound up teaching me.  Read more

5 Underrated Traits of Great Leaders

Those bosses who inspire, motivate, and make employees feel better about themselves? Here's what they do differently from everyone else.  Read more

Do You Pass This Key Leadership Test?

The stakes are high, and the pressure is on. Here's how great bosses respond in challenging situations.  Read more

8 Ways to Keep Your Brain Innovative

When I return from the Serengeti, my brain feels new. It's as if the hot African sun sears away mental fog. You can replicate this--closer to home.  Read more

Best Reason to Start a Business? God Asked.

One entrepreneur explains how he answered God's call by starting a new venture.  Read more

Best Way to Make Employees Better at Their Jobs

Forget trying to come up with motivational tools and "tricks." There's a better--and simpler--way to get more out of your staff.  Read more

10 (More) Beliefs of Remarkably Successful People

Successful people think about their work differently than most. Here are some of the beliefs they said we missed in a previous story.  Read more

Make Your Team More Innovative, Instantly

All you need is 10 minutes--and some very thick skin.  Read more

6 Unexpected Ways to Make Someone's Day

If you really want to brighten someone's day, do the unexpected. The effect could last a lifetime.  Read more

Want Happier Employees? Get Rid of the Bosses

Managers, VPs, executives... they all need to go. Here's how one company reorganized itself for maximum employee satisfaction.  Read more

The Only Management Strategy You'll Ever Need

Great leaders don't need to struggle to motivate, inspire, and lead their employees. Here's why.  Read more

Why You Need to Flip Your Org Chart

If you want creative, motivated employees, then hierarchy has no place in your business.  Read more

Why Your Employees Think You're a Jerk

One employee behaving badly is enough to turn a solid business into a mess. And that's especially true when that one employee is you.  Read more

4 Company Programs Your Employees Hate

Surprise: They secretly despise that employee-of-the-month award. Find out what else your staff hates--and what to offer instead.  Read more

How to Motivate Employees? The Best Answer Ever

Effective motivation comes down to one surprising word... which might be why so many leaders fail to do it right.  Read more

Humility Is Key for Success 

Chef John Besh says the moment he stopped thinking about himself, he finally discovered his company's real mission-- and path to success.  Watch video

Great Bosses Don’t Go Undercover

If you need a disguise to learn the truth about your company, you're doing something wrong. Here's how to do it right.  Read more

5 Things Great Mentors Do

Your employees can achieve greater things with your help than they can alone--if you give them a chance.  Read more

5 Things Remarkable Bosses Never Do

What you don't do can sometimes make a bigger impact than what you do.  Read more

Confessions of an Ex-Manager

Sure, there were successes along the way. But there were also mistakes--lots of them. An ex-manager reflects on his rookie days.  Read more

The Difference Every Boss Can Make

How seemingly insignificant moments can have a lasting impact on your employees' lives.  Read more

5 Employee Morale Killers

Guaranteed methods to boost attrition and sap employees' motivation.  Read more

9 Things You Should Never Ask Employees to Do

Kill the post-work social events -- among other things -- that might be rubbing your staff the wrong way.  Read more

How Much Success Tax Do You Pay?

And how much should you want to pay? The answer: More.  Read more

Becoming a Better Leader

Becoming a good manager involves a process of learningâ€"and unlearning, according to Harvard professor Linda A. Hill. Some leaders, like Bill Belichick, jus...  Read more

More Than a Moving Company

Larry O'Toole says Gentle Giant Moving is a people and leadership development company providing high-end customer service.  Read more

How to Become a Servant Leader



Servant leaders are attentive to the growth and development of those they work with, including partners, employees, and customers. Here's how you can j...  Read more

My Style of Servant Leadership

Don't bother me, because I'm in the middle of my most important task as CEO -- hanging window blinds.  Read more

Profits and the Pursuit of the Common Good 

A prank turned natural foods leader, Newman's Own pulls in nearly $300 million a year. Co-founder A. E. Hotchner discusses how this unorthodox company don...  Watch video

Self Awareness and the Effective Leader

Organizations benefit more from leaders who take responsibility for what they don't know than from leaders who pretend to know it all.  Read more

In Praise of Selflessness

Why the best leaders are servants.  Read more

How to Be an Effective Leader

A legendary restaurateur taught me to use constant, gentle pressure to manage my growing company.  Read more

Disaster Relief 

Richard Zuschlag, CEO of Acadian Ambulance Services, discusses his companies heroic involvement in hurricane Katrina. As a local ambulance service, Acadia...  Watch video

Rewriting the Ending [Video] 

Editor-at-large Bo Burlingham shares insights on the unfortunate demise and surprising rebirth of Kepler's Books, and how an entire community received a b...  Watch video

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