About Us
My publisher said that calling it “Servant Leadership” would really bomb because 'Servant' scares people. Are you afraid to serve?
Maya Angelou: I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
What we're about:
Leadership isn’t necessarily something we see – per se. Rather, I believe it's something we feel; and, more importantly, something that the ‘people we serve’ feel. This site, then, is just another litany among all of the leadership sites, and books that have been written for millennia – from Lau Tzu; to Buddha; and, Yeah – I said it – Christ; to Covey; to Maxwell; to Dupree; but, with one small [I think minor but critical] point of clarification: you can lead all you want; but will people follow? Will people believe? Have you ‘earned’ enough credits to lead? Or are you the kind of leader that, in military parlance gets, or is a prime candidate to be, ‘fragged?’ We're all about how to build trust and respect within, and among the ranks. We're about laying down all of the preconceived notions that [I think] you’ve ever had – or been taught; and, we're all about getting at whether the people you lead believe in you or not.
Can you/Will you Serve?
Whether 'they' work because ‘of you’ or ‘in spite of you’ becomes the seminal question. I contend that people really [freaking REALLY] follow and – yes – can come to love their leader and will go to any end to do what the leader wants because that leader has demonstrated over and over that they [the leader] only have the best interest of their employees/ team/readers at heart. The job of a leader is to give people everything they need to do their job [tools; resources; training; inspiration] and then get the hell out of their way. Are you afraid? Are you ready?