The Promise of Servant Leadership Servant Leadership is defined as “a philosophy and set of practices that enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations, and ultimately creates a more just and caring world.“ (Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership.) This definition offers an audacious claim – “a more just and caring world.” Can it deliver…
Six Employee Engagement Strategies Of High-Impact Organizations Two broad assumptions form the foundation for modern workforce engagement strategies. First, workforce engagement is the responsibility of every employee. it is the responsibility of the employee to arrive at work excited to give their best. If they don’t, remediation is required. The second assumption is that workforce…
Private organizations have much they could learn from the military. Everyday, the armed forces take ordinary young men and women and turn them into leaders. It is a routine and we can all learn much by their process and example.
Forward thinking companies are beginning to think about the employee experience. After all, it is the employees that create the customer experience, right?
Elite organizations do not leave the critically important function of leadership up to the good will of a few. They intentionally design their system of leadership to give them the best opportunity of achieving their business objectives.
1999 David Marquet took command of the USS Santa Fe. The platform of his leadership was superior technical competency. Unfortunately, the Santa Fe was a ship for which he had no superior competency. Therefore, he was forced to design a new system of leadership. One that would engage the entire crew to be leaders.
Innovation is seldom a light bulb moment of genius. Usually, it is a collaborative process of sharing ideas.
Replacing shareholder value with stakeholder value requires new systems of leadership. There is an entirely new value proposition for employees and leaders need to understand this.
How an innovating design to organizational leadership turned a failing elementary school to one of the highest performing schools and the only school to close the achievement gap within a district of 25,000 students.
Replacing shareholder capitalism with stakeholder capitalism will require new systems of leadership designed to implement new corporate values.