Servant Leaders Bring A Vision That Believes

The Best Strategy to Achieve Organizational Goals and Create Competitive Advantage Is By Developing An Environment Of Caring, Mutual Trust And Respect Between The Leaders And The People And By Focusing Their Efforts And Strategy On Developing The Full Potential Of All Associates and The Business They Create A Winning Partnership.

SERVANT LEADERS LIVE THEIR VISION BY

• Treating people as the most important asset in the company
• Seeing people not as they are today but their potential
• Realizing people are more important than tasks
• Measuring their own success by the success of those they lead
• Knowing leadership is about building relationships throughout the company
• Impacting people’s lives by mentoring and coaching
• Setting goals, objectives, actions and measurements with accountability for the results
• Leading not just with their words but with their actions and modeling the behavior
• Believing it is the responsibility of leaders to make a difference in people’s lives
• Caring for, encouraging, inspiring, and motivating their people

 From the book,  The Journey to Competitive Advantage Through Servant Leadership, written by Bill

Flint. Book will  be released late November 2011.

Leaders Need To Be Humble

When most people describe a leader the word humble isn’t usually mentioned. But, for a leader to be effective they need to be humble.  Of course all of us can act and be humbled especially when we do something wrong or are caught in a very bad situation. We have seen the scene played out over and over again on TV with celebrities, politicians and business leaders in recent years that get caught doing something they shouldn’t. But, I’m talking about being truly humble when you have found success, have achieved a lot in your life and people admire you. That is when it is hard to remain humble and remain grounded.

To achieve that kind of humbleness requires a person who has developed their God-given spirit, talents and ability to put people first and their own success in perspective.  One advantage of caring about others is that it doesn’t give you time to focus on yourself, your achievements and wants. Caring about others needs and helping them find their potential becomes a good barrier for keeping selfishness out of your own life and humbleness alive.  These barriers help servant leaders:

• Feel successful because they are helping others achieve
• When success comes to be thankful for the opportunity
• Know their weaknesses and what to avoid
• Attract followers because they are real
• Try to grade their own success based on God’s standards not the worlds
• Be strong and stand up for what is right

By: Bill Flint