Speaking the Wrong Language

Once weā€™ve been intentional about providing each individual team member with that crystal clear understanding of how each specific task theyā€™re responsible for ties back to our mission, vision, and even values, we should certainly be seeing them buy in at a higher level. But thatā€™s not always as sim...

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Make Sure Our Help Really Helps...

As weā€™ve discussed leading up to this point, becoming an effective servant leader certainly involves exemplifying several specific characteristics but even those can be interpreted quite differently depending on the behavioral and communication style of the individual weā€™re attempting to serve! And ...

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Serving Specific Needs - Perception is Reality

With a solid foundation of Defining Servant Leadership in place, we can now focus our attention on making sure weā€™re serving the team weā€™re leading in a way that really matters to them! This WILL NOT be a one-size-fits-all approachā€¦

Before we start down that path though, Iā€™d like to share something...

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Aligning Intentions with Perceptions

Even after doing all the things weā€™ve looked at through the last several posts to ensure weā€™re on the right track to being able to exceed expectations with each person we interact with, there can be a huge gap between what we intend and what they perceive! Nearly all of us have grown up hearing just...

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