Support your peeps...

Managers who are there for their employees are known as servant leaders. They put their employees’ interests ahead of their own.

 

The goal of every leader

   Should be to serve others.

      To share power and help their

         Peeps perform as highly as possible.

 

Historically, leaders first made sure the company or organization thrived, sometimes at the expense of their employees. Unchecked, this led to union organizing as employees sought to have some say in the way the company treated them. Which led to the enactment of protective labor laws and regulations. In 1970, Robert K. Greenleaf popularized the phrase “servant leadership” and talked about making it one’s priority to serve rather than to lead.  When leaders shift their mindset and serve first, they benefit as well as their employees in that their employees experience personal and professional growth, while the organization grows as well due to the increased levels of employee commitment and engagement. The mindset of these leaders is that I serve because I am the leader, and I am the leader because I serve. Interestingly, servant leadership gained support during Covid when leaders in the most successful companies showed that they cared first about their employees, ahead of the company. It’s also interesting to note that the companies and leaders who practiced servant leadership and emotional intelligence during the pandemic forged stronger bonds with their employees than those that didn’t. And not surprisingly, those organizations are having far less difficulty recruiting and retaining employees in this post pandemic era of labor shortages. Care about and serve your employees and they will care about you and your organization today.

 

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (1943–1997): American guitarist, singer, composer, actor, humanitarian, and environmentalist known professionally as John Denver.