Servant Leadership Quotes - Page 2

• ...the best leaders are servant leaders - they serve those they lead.

  Tony Hsieh

  Leader, Servant, Servant Leader

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• Christianity enhanced the notion of political and social accountability by providing a new model: that of servant leadership. In ancient Greece and Rome no one would have dreamed of considering political leaders anyone's servants. The job of the leader was to lead. But Christ invented the notion that the way to lead is by serving the needs of others, especially those who are the most needy.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Jobs, Rome, Leader

  Dinesh D'Souza (2008). “What's So Great about Christianity”, Tyndale House Pub

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• Moral authority is another way to define servant leadership because it represents a reciprocal choice between leader and follower. If the leader is principle centered, he or she will develop moral authority. If the follower is principle centered, he or she will follow the leader. In this sense, both leaders and followers are followers. Why? They follow truth. They follow natural law. They follow principles. They follow a common, agreed-upon vision. They share values. They grow to trust one another.

  Robert K. Greenleaf

  Law, Choices, Leader

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• Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.

  Tom Peters

  Organization, Entrepreneur, Leader

  Tom Peters “Excellence Now: Purpose”, New Word City

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• Servant leadership always empathizes, always accepts the person, but sometimes refuses to accept some of the person's effort or performance as good enough.

  Robert K. Greenleaf

  Effort, Sometimes, Good Enough

  Robert K. Greenleaf, Larry C. Spears (2002). “Servant Leadership: A Journey Into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness”, p.43, Paulist Press

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• I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'

  Mike Pence

  Believe, Needed, Asks

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!

  Laozi

  Leadership, Hate, People

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• Ego can’t sleep. It micro-manages. It disempowers. It reduces our capability. It excels in control.

  Robert K. Greenleaf

  Sleep, Ego, Capability

  Robert K. Greenleaf, Larry C. Spears (2002). “Servant Leadership: A Journey Into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness”, p.20, Paulist Press

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• Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Cards On The Table, Tables, Teach

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• The servant leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve.

  Robert K. Greenleaf

  Leader, Feelings, Want

  "The power of servant-leadership". Book by Robert K. Greenleaf, 1998.

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• Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Heart, Helping Others, Greatness

  "The Drum Major Instinct". Sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, February 4, 1968.

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• When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

  Joe Paterno

  Teamwork, Confidence, Reality

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• Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

  Michael Bergdahl

  Teamwork, Secret, Foundation

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• My conclusion: Management is the most noble of professions if it's practiced well. No other occupation offers as many ways to help others learn and grow, take responsibility and be recognized for achievement, and contribute to the success of a team.

  Clayton Christensen

  Motivational, Team, Responsibility

  Harvard Business Review, Michael D. Watkins, Clayton Christensen, Kenneth L. Kraemer (2015). “Harvard Business Review Leadership Library: The Executive Collection (12 Books)”, Harvard Business Review Press

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• Servant Leadership is the only #leadership that ultimately works.

  Dave Ramsey

  Servant

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• The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

  Max De Pree

  Leadership, Responsibility, Reality

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Twitter post from Mar 03, 2017

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• He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

  Laozi

  Positive, Encouragement, Powerful

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.36, Jain Publishing Company

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• You only need a heart full of grace

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Heart, Greatness, Helping Others

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.222, Beacon Press

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• It's fair to characterise me as competitive and determined, but anyone who works with me will attest to the fact I believe very strongly in the notion of servant leadership.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Believe, Facts, Determined

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• If you're truly obsessed over customers, it'll cover a lot of errors.

  Jeff Bezos

  Errors, Obsessed, Customers

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• A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.

  Witter Bynner

  Leadership, People, Boss

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• Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  College, Helping Others, Greatness

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• If you start out to solely make money, you will attract the wrong kind of employees.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Kind, Making Money, Employee

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• What originally led us to serve others by leading them seldom remains our North Star.

  Dan B. Allender

  Stars, North Star, Remains

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