Ep103: The Art of Servant Leadership with Art Barter

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Leadership. It's a term that we hear often, but do we really know what it means. Do you know what kind of leader you are or would like to be? 

Another term I have been hearing a lot lately is Servant Leadership. What is it, how does it differ from the traditional model of leadership? Why should we be taking notice of it? Our amazing guest is here today to answer those questions and show us the art of Servant Leadership. 

Art Barter is CEO and cultural architect of Datron World Communications Inc, and organization he transformed from a $10 million company to a $200 million company in just six years by puttng into practice the behaviours of servant leadership. 

He is also CEO and founder of the Servant Leadership Institute (SLI), an organization that helps people and organizations put servant leadership into practice, through hands-on training, coaching, events, publications and other programs. His latest book, is The Servant Leadership Journal: An 18 week Journey to Transform You and Your Organization. 

Episode Highlights: 

• We influence those around us by our behaviour. 
• Leadership is NOT about the love of power, it's about the power of love. 
• It's about a Life-Work balance as you bring life to work. 
• Leadership is not one size fits all. 
• Talked about how Art transformed his leadership style from the power model to the servant model. 
• treat people with dignity and respect. 
• It's about building a bridge between leadership and employees to truly become a strong team. 
• great leaders learn how to 'get out of the way'. 
• Individuals win trophies, teams win championships. 
• The 9 behaviours of Servant Leadership. 
• Behave the talk. It gets you more credibility than anything. 
• Start with yourself first. Be a leader of self. 
• Introduction to the Servant Leadership Institute. 
• In order for servant leadership to be successful, you need to meet your people where they are. 

To connect with Art, go to his website: 
servantleadershipinstitute.com

To get your copy of Art's latest book, click the image below!