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  • ...leaders who do not hold their people accountable to a set standard are, in effect, thieves and liars. Thieves because they are stealing from the stockholder who pays them to hold people accountable, and liars because they pretend that everything is OK with their people when in fact everything is not OK.

    Liars   People   Leader  
  • To have a healthy and thriving business, there must be healthy relationships with the C.E.O.S. in the organization and I'm not referring to the Chief Executive Offficers. I am talking about the Customers, the Employees, the Owner (or stockholders), and the Suppliers.

  • It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders.

    James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.63, Crown Business
  • INTENTIONS + ACTION = WILL

  • Authority is always built on service and sacrifice.

  • Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most.

  • Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.

    Skills   People   Goal  
  • Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.

  • Serving others breaks you free from the shackles of self and self-absorption that choke out the joy of living.

  • A seagull manager is one who periodically flies into the area, makes a lot of noise, dumps on the people, maybe eats their lunch, and flies away.

    Lunch   People   Noise  
    James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.63, Crown Business
  • Our top-down pyramid style of management is a very old concept borrowed from centuries of war and monarchies.

    War   Top Down   Pyramids  
    James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.56, Crown Business
  • Those who follow the crowd will never be followed by the crowd.

    Crowds  
  • (A manager) once confided in me she liked to picture in her mind's eye that every employee was wearing one of those sandwich billboard signs. On the front side, the sign would read 'Appreciate Me' and on the back side 'Make Me Feel Important.'

    Eye   Appreciate   Mind  
    James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.109, Crown Business
  • Slaves do what others want. Servants do what others need.

    James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.65, Crown Business
  • A rut... is little more than a coffin with the ends kicked out.

    James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.54, Crown Business
  • As leaders we do not create growth. The best we can do is create an environment that is conducive to growth. It is like planting a garden. You do not cause the seeds to grow. To grow is their natural purpose in life.

    Garden   Leader   Growth  
  • Leadership is not about personality, possessions, or charisma, but all about who you are as a person. I used to believe that leadership was about style but now I know that leadership is about substance, namely character.

    James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.166, Crown Business
  • ...while everyone's focusing on keeping the boss happy, who's focusing on keeping the customer happy?

    James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.61, Crown Business
  • we must never forget that people buy into the leader before they buy into a mission statement.

    James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.174, Crown Business
  • There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.

    James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.182, Crown Business
  • Power people are generally threatened by authority people.

  • Forgiving behavior is dealing with situations as they arise in an assertive manner and then letting go of any lingering resentment. As the leader, if you are not able to let go of the resentment, it will consume you and render you ineffective.

  • Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away.

    Taken   Authority   Given  
  • Power: The ability to force or coerce someone to do your will, even if they would choose not to, because of your position or your might.

    Power   Might   Force  
    James C. Hunter (2004). “The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle: How to Become a Servant Leader”, p.53, Crown Business
  • INTENTIONS - ACTION = SQUAT

  • You can get a few seasons out of power, even accomplish some things, but over time power can be very damaging to relationships.

    James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.32, Crown Business
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