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Embracing Servant Leadership in Your Relationships

Servant leadership is an especially popular idea in the faith community. Yet, servant leadership is applicable in more arenas than in the religious world. You can practice servant leadership wherever you lead.

But, you may be asking yourself, what is servant leadership?

Servant leadership places an emphasis on the leader to steward and care for the resources of an organization. They believe they’ve been placed in a position of trust. More than that, this line of reasoning uses the idea that leaders are servants first. They have to make the needs of their employees a priority.

This flips the script on the traditional leadership paradigm. The leader is no longer at the top. Their main goal is to serve others and help the organization thrive. 

It’s a bold concept. That works.

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Inspire Your Team: 5 Ways To Lead By Example And Motivate Others

While leaders are meant to get results, one of their other responsibilities is to inspire those they lead. Leaders are meant to build up, create, and move people.

There are leaders who are failing at this. But not you. You desire to build people, create new leaders, and move them to new heights.

In this article, we will look at 5 ways you can inspire and motivate your team to the next level.

Inspire Your Team: 5 Ways To Lead By Example And Motivate Others

1. Be Accountable:

We hold our teams accountable, but do we hold ourselves accountable? Do we allow those we lead to hold us accountable?

You can motivate and inspire your team by being accountable.

This means you’re open to the feedback of your team. If they see you doing something wrong, you’re willingness to let them approach you is paramount to them being inspired.  Read more...

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Trust is Key: What Successful Leaders Do to Build Trust with Their Teams

Have you ever worked for a leader or organization you didn’t trust? I have. It’s not fun.

You’re constantly worried about your position in the organization. You wonder if your boss or owner will stab you in the back, leaving you without a job. You may even question your sanity because your boss has made you doubt yourself.

I’ve had that happen. It was all due to a lack of trust.

I don’t want that to happen to you… or the people you lead.

An organization that builds trust is an unstoppable force. The leader rallies behind the people. The people rally behind the leader.

Both know they have each other’s backs and can be trusted. It’s a magical situation.

It is not a situation that is easily created. You will have to work on building trust with your teams.  Read more...

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Live What You Value

As an organizational leader, you have created organizational values. These sayings and quotes are plastered around the office. They’re inspirational. They’re also likely not being lived out.

When we begin to display our core values, ideas, and visions visually, they become routine. We see them every day. Our team sees them every day.

It’s bland and dull after a while. These reminders of what we believe and value fade into the background.

We stop living them.

Man in a suit jacket sitting at a wooden table with a cup of coffee

Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash

Live What You Value

What can we do about this? How can we continue to live out our values even when we’re immersed in the minutia of everyday leadership?

We know how easy it can be to drift away from our values. Look at business failures such as Kodak, Enron, and others that have taken the fall. They had values that they failed to live. This won’t be you!  Read more...

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Aladdin

A Reel Leadership Article

I can show you the world Shining, shimmering splendid Tell me, princess, now when did You last let your heart decide? These lyrics defined a generation much like “Do you want to build a snowman? Or ride our bike around the halls? I think some company is overdue I’ve started talking to The pictures on the walls!” from Frozen has defined the current generation for many young people.

I remember when the animated version of Aladdin was released in 1992. The animation was stunning. The story was engaging. And the music was top notch.

Aladdin, Jasmine, and Genie from live action Aladdin

There were few people who didn’t fall in love with Aladdin at this time. Now, it’s time for a whole new generation to fall in love with the Aladdin story in a whole new way.  Read more...