We all play a role within the workplace, prompted to perform as we are directed. We are often compelled to act as is expected of us. But what if we challenge the script assigned to us as leaders? What if we take a disruptive stance against the systematic mindset of leader-first? There is a way [...]
Servant Leadership Archive
Rabbi Rob Abramovitz on “Narrative Leadership: Creating a Story” with Blog Talk Radio’s Cathy Bennett
Marylhurst alumna, Cathy Bennett speaks with rabbi and business consultant, Rob Abramovitz, in her lastest BlogTalkRadio episode “Servant Leadership: Narrative Leadership – Creating a Story” about the importance of practicing effective listening . There are many books written on how to do business better, but many still side-step the inherent power in narrative to inform our [...]
Core Qualities of Great Leaders
Business problems today are complex and multidimensional. Globalization, sustainability, electronic communication, and the increasing importance of knowledge and information are having a profound effect on jobs and employment. The demand for a new kind of leadership has never been stronger. Future leaders must have the ability to integrate a variety of disciplines as they wrestle [...]
Dr. Shann Ferch on “Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity” with Blog Talk Radio’s Cathy Bennett
Marylhurst Alumna, Cathy Bennett speaks with Dr Shann Ferch of Gonzaga University’s internationally known Leadership Studies doctoral program on her blogtalkradio program about man’s inhumanity towards man, and how to find the pathway through forgiveness and the transformative power of embracing the philosophy of servant leadership. Our world is in great need of servant leadership today, as we need [...]
Be Courageous and Remember Why You Serve
Do you ever feel discouraged as a servant-leader? With all of the examples of toxic leadership in the world, it can be hard to keep faith in the future of servant leadership and our role as a servant-leaders. But there is much hope to be found! There are many who believe in humanizing business by [...]
Servant Leadership: Becoming a Servant First
As servant-leaders we are continuously seeking new ways to serve the under-served and promote personal well-being and self-fulfillment within the community. We feel the need to serve by helping others discover their strengths and achieve their goals. But how does one act as a servant-first as opposed to a leader-first? Robert K. Greenleaf draws the [...]
The Leader and the Mystic
As I begin to contemplate the foundations of leadership, and the impact of servant leadership, coupled with my ongoing fascination with spirituality and mysticism, I am seeing through a new lens. Servant leaders appear to be to the business community what mystics have been to the church.
Leadership “On Purpose”
Almost all of us have asked ourselves at some point, “What is the meaning of life?” Servant Leadership requires the leader to have an answer to this question, as it must be carried out with intention and purpose. A servant leader makes sacrifices is willing to suffer, sometimes greatly, for what is morally right and [...]