Randy Conley Books

Trust is the foundation upon which all effective leadership is built. You can have the smartest strategy or the most innovative technology, but if trust is missing, everything else collapses. When Randy and I wrote about trust, we wanted to make clear that it’s both the starting point and the glue t...

From Simple Truths of Leadership Playbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Making Common Sense Common Practice

Servant leadership isn’t a soft or passive approach—it’s a choice to lead by serving, and that takes strength. The essence of servant leadership lies in reversing the old leadership pyramid. Instead of the people working to serve the leader, the leader exists to serve their people. When your mindset...

From Simple Truths of Leadership Playbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Making Common Sense Common Practice

At the heart of servant leadership lies a simple but radical shift in mindset: leadership is not about being served, but about serving others. When Robert Greenleaf first coined the term 'servant leadership,' he emphasized that great leaders must begin by wanting to serve first. That is the essence ...

From Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust

Servant leadership depends on humility, not modesty for its own sake, but humility as an accurate self-understanding. Humility doesn’t mean thinking less of yourself—it means thinking of yourself less. It’s about realizing that your success as a leader depends entirely on the growth and well-being o...

From Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust