Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom

Introduction

Do you aspire to be a highly effective leader who guides your team or your organization to lasting success? Would you like to wake up excited to face each day because you truly enjoy your work and know that you are having a significant positive impact on the world around you?

This is possible for everyone, regardless of title or position. In fact, you can actually train yourself to make this a reality. Although it's not necessarily easy, it's a very simple process.

By making a shift in your approach to leadership, you can become a highly effective leader who enjoys your work and makes the world a better place. The shift is simply a matter of gradually becoming more focused on how you can serve others and increasing your capacity to do so. This is great news because it means that being an extraordinary leader does not require you to have an MBA or a PhD. You don't need to be the leading expert in your field or a charismatic “natural-born leader.” As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve.”

In this book, you'll find numerous examples, ideas, and tools for applying this simple shift to improve nearly every aspect of your team or organization. This book will focus on helping you create a team culture that:

• Attracts and retains the most talented people in your industry
• Increases team member engagement and productivity
• Increases your team's capacity for innovation
• Delivers world-class customer service
• Achieves a better return ...