Chad Silverstein argues that servant leaders invest in their teams instead of hoarding power. He points to CEO-to-worker pay gaps as a signal of whether a company actually values its people, and asks leaders to honestly assess which type they are.
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I always think it's odd when you.
Have a leader who feels they're too.
Above.
Their pay grade in order to talk to new people or get involved.
In issues that are maybe a few levels down in their company.
But I don't know.
I'd like to think that I'd want.
To work at a place where the leader did care and not that they have to be the one who's putting.
Out every single fire.
But I think servant leadership is the quality that we're all after, which is that we serve other people by wanting the best for them and building into them and investing in them. And you always get more back in reciprocity. And it's not about how much more.
Can you make, how much more can you squeeze out of someone. And I think, you know, you have.
To be really.
Honest with yourself when.
You assess, do people on your team.
Have the same freedom that you have? And you could be the type of leader that's going to say, well, nope.
They don't deserve it, they haven't earned it. Or you could say you're the type.
Of leader that wants that for their team and plans to give it to.
Them if they're able to achieve a certain bar or, you know, something that you've challenged them with, that if they.
Can grow the company, that they can.
Be part of you sharing the wealth.
And I think there is something to.
Be said about that gap of pay from your lowest level employee to your CEO.
And it says a lot about the culture and about the company and about the investment in people.
And I think servant leadership is where it's at. You gotta be able to see that you support the team, not you at the top of the chart.
And I think one of the best.
Compliments I ever heard at a Built.
Elite practice was someone came in and.
They weren't sure who the founder was. And it was, that was, that was really, really hard for me over the years trying to fit in because I wanted to be one with the team. But as a leader, you're never really one of the team because you're going.
To be looked at differently and you're going to be treated differently. And you change the game when you.
Walk into the room because you can fire people and people have fear and.
So they're not themselves.
And so you never really know who you really, who you're really talking to.
When you're talking to people. So there's something to be said about the two different types of leaders. Which one are you? Write about it and get some feedback about it.
