Servant Leadership - Viterbo University Faculty
Servant Leadership - Viterbo University Faculty
Servant-Leadership - Viterbo University Faculty

 

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Declaring our own Independence

On this July 4th holiday, we celebrate 130 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed. While posting the Declaration yesterday I began wondering: What should servant-leaders be declaring our independence from?
  • We should be declaring our independence from all forms of egoism in our lives;
  • We should be declaring our independence from the intential closing of our eyes to the needs of others around us;
  • We should be declaring our independence from those flipant remarks that we know sometimes hurt others;
  • We should be declaring our independence from only giving lip service to being a servant-leader;
  • We should be declaring our independence from those vices which keep us from being a more effective servant.
These are some of the declarations that I need to tackle on my journey to being a better servant-leader....perhaps some of them are yours as well.

What declarations of independence do YOU need to make?