Fundamentals of Level 5 Leadership and Servant Leadership
Eliminate Frustration With Leadership What if you could decrease your stress and flourish? What if the wisdom you need to succeed with your team or your boss is within your reach? The good news is, leadership can also be one of the most rewarding and fulfilling endeavors. What if you could enjoy the rich rewards of leadership, and handle the challenging times with grace and ease? Leadership Can Suck Less So why does leadership suck? It sucks because real leadership is hard, requires selfless service, and because the buck stops here. Servant leadership or Level 5 leadership is uncomfortable, humbling, self-denying, painful, and counter-intuitive; nonetheless, Christian leadership is the only kind of leadership that brings lasting results, genuine happiness, and true self-fulfillment. The Joy of Leadership With 15 years of battle-tested leadership, Miles Anthony Smith delves into the ups and downs of his senior leadership experience, shares many funny, some sad, and other frustrating stories that will have you laughing and crying as you earn a leadership degree through his many mistakes and missteps. He paints a picture of leadership that is worth the fight to make it suck less. Here's What's In Store For You Define leadership in general and the servant leadership style specifically. Why Christian leadership matters and is a better long-term strategy. Develop leadership competencies with practical action steps. Learn from real world examples from the author's organizational leadership experience. Quotes on leadership help highlight and introduce sections within each chapter. It's Laid Out in 4 Simple Parts Part 1: To serve or not to serve. Effective leadership characteristics require servant leadership. Part 2: Do what's best for your organization. Discusses various aspects of organizational leadership and culture Part 3: Humility 101. Leadership principles of self-examination, apologies, authenticity, controlling and displaying emotions, and handling adversity. Part 4: Specific management situations, focusing on building business leadership competencies Get this book now to decrease your stress and frustration with leadership. The wisdom in these pages is genuinely worth far more than the simple investment you will make. Pick up your copy of the book by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of the page.
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Pretty good read on servant leadership.
Based on Robert Greenleaf's servant leader concept, this text refers to a number of other management and leadership books to exemplify the basic good of giving oneself to one's team. Smith does a good job of highlighting the tough aspects of being a leader, hence the title of the book. For me personally, some chapters served as a stark reminder of what I need to be doing in my own leadership role.
There were times, though, when this book fell into the same trap as many other leadership and management texts: it can be contradictory to itself. Good leadership and management is so situational that it is tough to avoid this trap. Further, there were a number of grammatical errors that distract a reader like myself. I am certainly not perfect with grammar, but an overuse of contractions and words like “ain't” got in the way of my enjoyment of some chapters.
All-in-all, this is a solid, quick read for the aspiring leader and a suitable refresher for the seasoned leader.