The following contains excerpts from the book, Leadership by the Book (Ken Blanchard, Bill Hybels, and Phil Hodges).
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“We believe there is a perfect practitioner and teacher of effective leadership. That person is Jesus of Nazareth, who embodied the heart and methods of a fully committed and effective servant leader.”
This is another leadership book in the set of the Ken Blanchard leadership/management series. As in the other books, the author uses a story/parable to convey his ideas. This is a story of a businessman who, having had close relationships with a pastor and a college professor, began to veer off course in his life, ultimately suffering a heart attack. His road to recovery involves returning to his friends, as they guide him back onto a productive track. The main message of the book contrasts the worldly style of ‘top-down’ leadership with the ‘bottom-up’ servant leadership, which flows from a changed heart.
“The weakness of rules is that people can always find a way to live comfortably within the letter of the law without it affecting their hearts or character…there are two kinds of leaders: those who are leaders first and those who are servants first…People who are leaders first are too often those who naturally try to control, to make decisions, to give orders. They’re ‘driven’ to lead – they want to be in charge. And they’re possessive about their leadership position – they think they own it…Leaders who are servants first will assume leadership only if they see it as the best way they can serve. They’re ‘called’ to lead, rather than driven, because they naturally want to be helpful. They aren’t possessive about their leadership position – they view it as an act of stewardship rather than ownership…character in the form of a servant heart precedes the use of effective leadership methods.”
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“For someone to be an effective servant leader, that person must be able to utilize a servant-leader approach in three domains: intellectual, emotional, and behavioral…the head, the heart, and the hands must all be working in harmony…Leaders with a servant heart can attempt all kinds of servant leadership activities without being effective…Leaders often just don’t know how to develop people, and they end up doing all the work themselves…once ministry leaders with a servant heart learned…leadership concepts and their motives were aligned with true intentions to serve, those concepts could become internalized and part of who they are.”
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“People with servant hearts have certain characteristics and values in common as they make leadership decisions. Their paramount aim is the best interests of those they lead…personal power, recognition, or money is never the focus…That’s why servant leaders are willing to share power. Their purpose is to equip other people to become freer, more autonomous, more capable – and therefore more effective…When you combine that attribute with having a loving care for those they lead, you know you’re dealing with a different kind of leader…they are willing to listen.”
“E.G.O. Everything Good Outside. When people’s egos take control, they become other-directed and determine and evaluate who they are by external rewards, not internal peace…Leaders with servant hearts by definition have genuine humility…but they also have confidence. They don’t think less of themselves, they just think about themselves less. Their egos don’t Edge God Out. In fact, their primary concern is for spiritual significance rather than earthly success…God is far more concerned with our character and our leadership process than he is with our earthly success factors.”
“An ego-filled heart always separates. It separates us from God, from each other, and from ourselves…An ego-filled heart always compares. It’s never satisfied, and it finds no peace in what it already has if someone else has more…An ego-filled heart always deceives. It drives us to arrogance, complacency, and fear, all with equal force.”
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“There are two aspects of leadership – a visionary part and an implementation part…I consider both the visionary role – ‘doing the right thing’ – and the implementation role – ‘doing things right’ – as leadership roles. A clear vision has four aspects: purpose, values, image, and goals…Purpose tells you what business you’re in. It defines the fundamental reasons why you exist as an organization. Values determine how people should behave when they’re working on the purpose…Image is really just a picture of what things would be like if everything were running as planned. And goals focus people’s energy right now.”
“People look to their leaders for vision and direction, so the traditional hierarchy is effective for this part of leadership. While you want to involve your experienced people in shaping the direction, as a leader you can’t delegate this function. The responsibility for establishing vision and direction falls to you.”
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“If you want your people to be responsible, you must be responsive…by inverting the traditional pyramid hierarchy and turning it upside-down when it comes to implementation, and giving your customer contact people responsibility…you serve your people…as a leader, your people are your customers…The leader’s people become responsible – able to respond – and the job of the leader is to be responsive or serve his or her people…The reality is that in great service companies…the philosophy is that every manager works for his or her people. It’s in relation to this responsive, serving role that the effective leader now encourages, supports, directs, coaches, facilitates, and does everything to help his or her people to soar like eagles and be successful.”
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“You can usually get people to do what you want when you’re there; the real test is what they do on their own…the spirit of servant leadership symbolized by the washing of the disciples’ feet became operational after the vision and direction were made clear.”
“There are three parts to an effective performance management system: performance planning, day-to-day coaching, and performance evaluation…coaching is the most important servant leadership element in helping people accomplish their goals.”
“The biggest negative addiction in the world today is automatically considering every situation from the point of view of ‘What’s in it for me?’ When this ego-addiction invades the halls of power and influence, leaders think and behave as if the sheep are there to serve the needs of the Shepherd. What this looks like in practical terms is a one-way flow of money, power, and recognition up the hierarchy, away from the people who actually take care of the customers…Self-interest and self-preservation dominate when ego rather than service to others is the motivating force.”