Last year, he was named Spokane County's chief operations officer. John is currently leading the transformation of this 1,800 plus person organization. He has a substantial track record for transforming organizations for performance and customer service quality. David: What is Servant Leadership and how is it a different mindset than some of the other leadership theories or models that are out there?
John Dickson: Spokane County, Washington
Here's a link to the Lean Fighter article John mentioned about some of the work he contributed to at Boeing
John mentioned the learning organization that was articulated by Peter Senge. This model was made popular in Senge's book The Fifth Discipline*, which is a must-read for leaders and also appears on my Top 10 books for leaders list.
“The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, and serve first. The conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.” -Robert Greenleaf
“Enthusiasm is the little recognized secret of success.” -Dale Carnegie
A recent article from the Spokesman-Review on the new utility bill payment system that John spoke of on the show.
What’s one shift you could make that would make you more like a servant leader?
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