Servant leadership

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1. JSeymourATLJan 2016
   > I constantly keep asking for feedback from my Reporting managers and my team and keep on improving...

   Is the feedback facilitated anonymously 360 degree style? What do you do with the feedback you receive? Do you discount or dismiss your reports input?

   You're clearly smart and successful. But if you devalue the contribution of your team, they will return the favor.

   Suggest you go on an aggressive reading program for self-development. Greenleaf's book on Servant Leadearship is an excellent place to start > http://www.amazon.com/Servant-Leadership-Legitimate-Greatnes...

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2. chiphJun 2014
   Take a look at the concept of servant leadership. I've worked at one business that used it, and it was phenomenal. The crux of it is that bosses are only as successful as the people doing the actual work, so the boss should focus on what is needed for them to be successful.

   http://www.amazon.com/Servant-Leadership-Legitimate-Greatnes...

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3. wpietriApr 2014
   I'd feel weird naming him without asking. But if you want to read more about this sort of approach, there's a book called Servant Leadership, plus a lot of literature around it. It's also the basic approach in Lean Manufacturing.
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4. onion2kDec 2025
   "Servant Leadership" is a term was coined by Robert Greenleaf in his 1977 book "Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness", which is very specifically about being a church leader. Many of the more generic ideas are applicable in any leadership scenario but if you read the book it's very clear that it was not designed with business leadership in mind. You shouldn't really expect it to apply to being a leader in a tech company.
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