Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s from Robert Greenleaf in his book, Servant Leadership , where he wrote, “The most difficult question to ask oneself is, ‘Does what I have to say improve upon the silence?’” One of the most powerful quotes I’ve ever read has stuck with me for years. The fact of the matter is that a lot of people in leadership roles talk too much.

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 9, 2012

David is a retired Navy Officer whose last job was managing and supervising Custodians and Security Monitors in the Custodial Services division of the Mukilteo School District in Everett, Washington. As Greenleaf wrote, there is a healing in the process of serving others. Are there any other questions you wish I’d asked? Introduction.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 2, 2012

It’s a great way for your stakeholders (your staff, manager, peers, customers) to feel heard. Asking: Isn’t it time that you stopped being the source of all knowledge and became more curious? Asking questions instead of spouting answers is the twin to listening for understanding.

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Goal Greenleaf Servant Leader Budgeting 214

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Greenleaf in 1970. Especially from a leadership coaching standpoint. Mitch A very good article, thanks. I have always been intrigued by the concept of the "servant leader" a term coined I think by Robert K. He said that servant leader will consider the priorities of his "followers" or team, first.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Once we release Gravity, we focus on finding our true value, mapping that to realistic market opportunities, create a flight plan (including waypoints to manage progress) and away we go! A friend of mine, Scott McKain, introduced me to Clint Greenleaf and Greenleaf Book Group and the rest is history.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2018

They need to develop managers and executives who lead with three core mental qualities: mindfulness, selflessness, and compassion. Martin's Press, 2018) So much of leadership is managing tensions. Dear Founder : Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business by Maynard Webb with Carlye Adler (St.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

It was popularized in modern management writings by Robert Greenleaf in a 1970 essay. Greenleaf was promoting this concept as “the rock upon which a good society is built”. For these, I would add organizational assessment, decision-making, problem solving, strategic thinking, accountability for results and managing change.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. In the spirit of the season, I’ve listed a few suggestions for gifts that you can give to your stakeholders – those who care about and support you. Have a Wonderful Holiday!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 4, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 24, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 15, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. Larry is also the one who studied Greenleaf’s writings for years, extracted and shared the very popular 10 Characteristics of Servant-Leadership. A very humble man, he often points to Robert Greenleaf as the source of his message.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 27, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I have a feeling that if you are, your leadership and the work of your organization is effortless. there isn’t the whining and complaining about each other that makes a workplace miserable).

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 22, 2010

Little did my parents know they were doing a disservice to me as a future manager. Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. Saying something bad about someone ranks right up there with talking back to your elders in my house.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 22, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 17, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 29, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 6, 2011

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Greenleaf Maslow Goleman Core Competence 169

Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 13, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 9, 2013

Certainly, there’s a time for business leaders to do their best George Washington impersonation and lead their troops across the Delaware river, but as Robert Greenleaf reminds us, great leaders are born from a spirit of service. Leaders Aren’t Stars. Oftentimes, a misguided view of leadership starts at the appointment.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 13, 2011

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Greenleaf Maslow Goleman Core Competence 162

Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 11, 2011

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 10, 2010

Thought-full Thursday: A Meaningful Enterprise » A Good Bye with Humanity August 10th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus How often as a leader do you have someone in your circle of influence (manager, peer, direct report, maybe even a customer or consultant) that leaves your organization? Fairly often, I’ll bet.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 12, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Posted in Uncategorized 4 Responses to “Thought-full Thursday: Beginnings&# Rhett Laubach : January 2, 2011 at 11:44 pm I stumbled on your blog via a “best of leadership blogs for managers&# list. They were right! Thank you for your insightful writing and deligent blogging.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 8, 2010

Often what it comes down to is that their manager is not willing to wait for the time it takes my client to make some changes to their leadership. In one notable situation, my client’s manager was fired while my client was on a path to being fired by that same manager. Have you asked what this person needs to be successful?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Although there may be special learning needs for this group (just like there might be special learning needs for first line supervisors or middle managers) – when those at the top of the organization deny or hide their learning behind a wall of invincibility, it can create a dilemma – or damage – in the rest of the organization.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 26, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Greenleaf Maslow Goleman Core Competence 173

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Bret Simmons takes us into sudden death overtime as we reflect on the importance of self management in leaders: Prudence: An Undervalued Virtue of Leadership. Gwyn Teatro of You’re Not The Boss of Me plays quarterback as she leads discussion of the next play in the huddle with Managing and Leading….Lessons is hiring.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 10, 2011

I’m also sorry to say that others – your manager in particular – may not notice your potential for greater things either. You can’t expect your manager to know what you want for your career over the long or short haul. You need to talk to your manager about your career plans and if he can help you with career growth.

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Career Greenleaf Maslow Executive Coaching 186

Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 15, 2010

I teach coaching skills to groups of managers regularly; every individual executive client I have gets taught coaching skills in some way or another; and of course, I practice coaching myself (I call it “practice” on purpose). I wonder what people think “management&# is about when they get promoted? And how true.

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