“Service Leadership in Action” Mr. Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager, and The Servant Leader, discusses the concept of servant leadership by first telling the story of his father, a Naval Academy graduate who served in the Pacific during WWII, piloting LCI, after having left a lucrative career in Wall Street. During his Naval career, he attained the rank of Rear Admiral, and earned a Silver Star. After a lifetime of reflecting on his father’s example, and his own experiences Mr. Blanchard describes leadership as essentially the ability and effort to influence others while also serving them. He argues that humility and vulnerability are (while seemingly paradoxical) key traits of successful leaders.
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