Categories Pricing Corporate
Professional eBook

The Craft of Servant Leadership

A Guide to Becoming a Happier, More Productive Digital Team

43
Language:  English
This book explores servant leadership—the practice of putting others first. When applied, the result is happier, more productive teams. You’ll gain skills to get the best out of your working life.
Professional Plus subscription free for the first 30 days, then $8.99/mo
Få åtkomst till boken på vår läsplatta. Ingen reklam i boken.
Description
Content

This book explores servant leadership—the practice of putting others first. It covers how applying servant leadership techniques to your work practices can enhance positive working relationships, resulting in happier, more productive digital teams. "The Craft of Servant Leadership" walks through examples on how to master the techniques to sustain and grow these skills by using the power of reflection and continuous improvement. By using this practical knowledge, readers can apply many of these practices immediately. They will have the skills and knowledge to get the best out of their work commitments.

About the Author

Luke is an experienced Agile professional. He works as an Agile Workflow Manager in the banking industry. Prior to that, Luke was a Scrum Master responsible for leading two Scrum remote teams. He is deeply passionate about upskilling professionals in Agile. Career highlights include Scrum mastering a team of engineers during the first COVID lockdown of 2021. Another is leading a team that helped roll out the McDonald's Mobile, Order and Pay (MOP) system globally. Outside of work, Luke writes his own blog on Medium, which covers Agile, adaptive management and servant leadership.

  • About the author
  • Introduction
  1. Introducing servant leadership
    1. Glossary of terms
  2. Servant leadership principles and values
    1. Practices and principles of servant leadership
    2. What makes servant leadership so powerful?
  3. Applying the craft of servant leadership
    1. Components of the craft of servant leadership
    2. Putting the craft of servant leadership into practice
  4. Applying servant leadership as a team member
    1. Key characteristics of a great servant leader team member
    2. Putting servant leadership as a team member into practice
    3. Common issues and how to overcome them
    4. Next steps in your servant leadership journey as a team member
  5. Applying servant leadership as a team leader
    1. Being a team leader using servant leadership skills
    2. Key characteristics of a great team leader
    3. How to apply servant leadership as a team leader
    4. Putting the craft of servant leadership into practice as team leader
    5. Common pitfalls and how to overcome them
  6. Sustaining and growing servant leadership practices
    1. The importance of practice and improvement
    2. Using retrospectives to reflect and improve
    3. Succeeding as a team sustainably by using the PDCA cycle
  7. Summary and next steps
    1. Summary
    2. Where to next?
  • Table of Tables
  • Endnotes
About the Author
Luke

Luke Pivac