Summary: It’s not the role of a leader to be served, but to serve. Discover the power of servant leadership to produce results for people and organizations. Guest: John Dickson Chief Operations Officer Spokane County in Washington State Heres a link to the Lean Fighter article John mentioned about some of the work he contributed to at Boeing John mentioned the learning organization that was articulated by Peter Senge. This model was made popular in Senges book The Fifth Discipline*, which is a must-read for leaders and also appears on my Top 10 books for leaders list. “The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, and serve first. The conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.” -Robert Greenleaf “Enthusiasm is the little recognized secret of success.” -Dale Carnegie A recent article from the Spokesman-Review on the new utility bill payment system that John spoke of on the show. What’s one shift you could make that would make you more like a servant leader? Feedback On this topic: http://coachingforleaders.com/137 General comments, questions, or feedback http://coachingforleaders.com/feedback (949) 38-LEARN Thank you to Tiffany Schuffert, Vince Scott, Ingrid Vanin, Rodrigo Mela, Steven Shaw, Roanzel Hiceta, Shirley Romero, Anthony Smith, Elle Dee, Koreen Muthiah, Susan Duckworth, Steve Inman, Joseph MacFarland, Wayne Franklin, and Matt Jones for subscribing to the weekly update this past week. Also, a special thank you to user Sailingtopher for the kind and personal review on iTunes. If this show has been valuable to you as well, please leave a written review on iTunes or Stitcher by visiting http://coachingforleaders.com/itunes or http://coachingforleaders.com/stitcher.
