Serve to Be Great: 11 Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery and a Boardroom
By simply shifting focus away from short-term goals and financial gain toward more effectively serving the people on their teams, leaders can create conditions for superior long-term results.
A recent Gallup poll shows that only 30% of Americans are actively engaged at work. That doesn’t come as a big surprise to Matt Tenney, author of Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom. From dull, unfulfilling tasks and job-related stress to long hours, grueling commutes and unsatisfactory paychecks, there are many reasons why people might not enjoy their work. And, of course, there’s the number one reason: “I hate my boss!”
But, according to Tenney, managers can turn this depressing situation around and create the ultimate win-win. By developing both the aspiration and the ability to more effectively serve and care for the people on their teams, managers can become leaders people actually want to follow.