Servant Leadership

The most powerful CEOs don’t demand respect.
They earn it by serving others first.

Stop trying to control your team.
Start investing in their success.

I spent years believing leadership meant:

• Having all the answers
• Making all the decisions
• Being the smartest in the room

I was dead wrong.

Real leadership power comes from flipping the pyramid.

OLD WAY (Top-Down Control):
❌ Prioritizes power
❌ Demands obedience
❌ Values profit over people

NEW WAY (Servant Leadership):
✅ Builds trust and ownership
✅ Puts people’s growth first
✅ Empowers the team

Here’s how to make the shift:

𝟭. 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆
→ Connect with their challenges
→ Understand what drives them
→ Show you genuinely care

𝟮. 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝘁
→ Put down your phone
→ Ask “What else?”
→ Listen to understand, not respond

𝟯. 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝘀
→ Catch people doing things right
→ Call out their unique talents
→ Help them see their own potential

𝟰. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺
→ Anticipate future obstacles
→ Guide, don’t dictate
→ Plant seeds for tomorrow’s success

𝟱. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆
→ Do what you say
→ Admit your mistakes
→ Choose the hard right over the easy wrong

𝟲. 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵
→ Teach them your job
→ Give stretch assignments
→ Celebrate when they surpass you

𝟳. 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆
→ Create psychological safety
→ Encourage collaboration
→ Make the team stronger than any individual

What happens when you lead this way?

• Engagement skyrockets
• Innovation explodes
• Turnover plummets
• Culture transforms
• Performance soars

This isn’t soft leadership.
This is smart leadership.

Ready to try it?

Tomorrow, walk into work and ask yourself:
“How can I serve my team today?”

Then watch what happens.

The best leaders aren’t at the top of the pyramid.
They’re at the bottom, lifting everyone else up.