Leading with Joy and Servant Leadership

Brené Brown, in her book, Dare to Lead, in describing leaders who lead with joy, writes about the one thing they have in common: “Gratitude. They practice gratitude. It’s not an ‘attitude of gratitude,’ – it’s an actual practice. They keep a journal, or make a note of what they’re grateful for on their phones, or share it with family members.”

And in Mike Brown’s popular book, Idea Magnets: 7 Strategies for Cultivating and Attracting Creative Business Leaders, he talks about the concept of servant leadership: “Individuals with a propensity toward servant leadership instinctively look at opportunities and issues with others’ interests as the starting perspective. You might think that a servant leader is always in the background. That isn’t accurate, though. Sometimes a servant leader is putting a teammate in the position to be in front and in charge; at other times, the servant leader must be in the spotlight when that’s what it takes for the team to succeed.”

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