Being the Change

It was a simple idea. Get a diverse group of local organizations practicing servant leadership together and learn from one another's journeys. twelve years ago, Ann McGee-Cooper and Associates invited nine Dallas organizations to form a learning community to share the successes and challenges of creating servant-led organizations. In this book you will find inspiring snapshots of servant-leaders in action and learn how you can design a servant leadership learning group in your community, how you can create a lasting partnership with other organizations, how you can apply servant leadership to produce results in tough work places like police departments, how you can avoid rollouts and use a tipping point strategy to create a servant-led culture for thousands of employees, and how servant leadership can prevail even when disgruntled employees attempt to oust a leader. And, as an added bonus, step with us behind the scenes of Southwest Airlines for an inside peek at the innovative Culture Committee, led by President Colleen Barrett. You will learn seven elements of her servant leadership that can be used immediately to strengthen your organization