The Importance of Teamwork

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John Dixon is the chief operations officer at Spokane County in the state of Washington. John and I referenced Dale Carnegie during this conversation. What's one shift you could make that would make you more like a servant leader? You can do that at coachingforleaders.com slash 137. If you have comments, questions or feedback about this topic or anything related to the show, you can always send it in at coachingfor leaders.com slash feedback.

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? Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.