All servant leaders share two fundamental beliefs about the people they lead, and engage in five practices that put these beliefs into action.

Are you abiding by the Commandments  of Productive meetings?

True leaders know that they cannot handle every challenge on their own and that they can employ others to make up for their deficiencies.

In many cases, successful change leaders create a dire

One significant danger associated with the military’s embrace of adaptive leadership is the risk of utilizing adaptive leadership in instances where technical leadership is the more effective approach. 

Great results are outcomes of great practice and preparation. Shareholder returns, a great customer experience, and the candidate experience are all outcomes.  If you want better outcomes, focus on the internal strategies that drive results, people and performance. You’ve heard leaders say “People are our most important asset.” So why do businesses spend billions of dollars each year advertising to drive shareholder returns, customer experiences? It’s because most will focus on the results and not the internal strategies that create them.

Entrepreneurs are constantly faced with new challenges, and while you may naturally lean toward one style, it’s important to stretch your capabilities. You may need to adapt your leadership or management style to better deal with unexpected situations.

Accomplished leaders dispel the myth of preparation as being the greatest strategy for success. Top leaders know that no amount of thinking in advance can prepare them for the chaos of business or the infinite opportunities of today's deal.

There are two ways to think about kindness. You can think about it as a fixed trait: either you have it or you don’t. Or you could think of kindness as a muscle. In some people, that muscle is naturally stronger than in others, but it can grow stronger in everyone with exercise.
 

Optimism will help you most the next time you receive bad news, or when things do not go your way. Focus on being more realistically optimistic by looking at a situation as it is, and not looking at how you want it to be.

Success in anything has a method and a process. The journey is what crafts us and steels the fiber of who we are. It is designed and executed day after day.

Are you creating conditions to bring out the best in those around you?