Aug 30, 2021

Servant leadership is more than just laying yourself down for serving the needs of the team you are leading; then, this is a wake-up call for you. You might not realize, but that mindless strategy is driving you and your company to a disaster. 

Let’s dive in and combat the self-defeating mishaps in servant leadership and correct our practice to our success and our team holistically. 

[00:01 – 02:05] Opening Segment

• Welcome to the show 
• Leadership is an essential company aspect.
• No company is perfect 

[02:06 – 04:01] Foundations of Leadership

• Engineering illustration: building design
  • It starts at the top
• Do you have a suitable foundation for your business?

[04:02 – 12:18] Servant Leadership Exposed

• Attending to every care is NOT servant leadership
• Your company must produce strong, competent leaders!
• Servant leadership defined
  • Care for yourself while caring for others too!
• Make sure to give big impact
• Look no further 
  • Who is your community?
• Accept the fact: you’re not a superhero
  • Balance is the key

[12:19 – 17:07] What role are you serving?

• Examine yourself
• It’s not too late!
• 10 qualities of a servant leader
  • Let’s recount related episodes
    • Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life
    • Communicating Your Way to Success
• Think on these things:
  • Are your actions helping or hurting the long term development of your organization?
  • Are you winning the battle but losing the war?

[17:08 – 18:53] Closing Segment

• Blog is under the works
  • What’s your take on the previous articles? What are your questions?
  • Let me hear directly from you! Take the audio survey.

Tweetable Quotes:

“If you don’t have leadership, if you’re not taking leadership or control of your life, then it lacks direction, if it’s your company, and your company lacks leadership, guess what: it’s going to lack direction.” – Dr. James Bryant

“Leaders may eat last but they still need to eat. Putting others before you does not mean that you forget yourself.” – Dr. James Bryant

“ A servant leader serves others through the development of the ability of the people that they lead to serve themselves, so that they can serve their community.” – Dr. James Bryant

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• Episode 5: Communicating Your Way to Success
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