The Servant Leader's Mindset Podcast
The Servant Leader’s Mindset is a leadership podcast focused on helping leaders grow in character, wisdom, purpose, self-awareness, calling, and service. Hosted by Dr. Lena Holmes—a leadership expert, business owner, and minister—the podcast features thoughtful conversations and reflections on servant leadership, faith, culture, politics, and public life. In addition to 25 years of executive experience, Dr. Lena holds a Doctorate in Transformational Leadership and master’s degrees in public administration and theology.
Each episode explores practical and reflective topics such as:
- Servant leadership in business, ministry, and nonprofit work
- Faith-based leadership and Christian worldview
- Leadership development, purpose, and calling
- Mental health, resilience, and emotional intelligence
- Navigating culture and politics with wisdom and humility
Designed for leaders, entrepreneurs, ministry professionals, and values-driven listeners, this podcast offers insight and encouragement for those who desire to lead with integrity, compassion, and conviction.
🎧 New audio episodes released regularly.
📖 Learn, reflect, and grow as we seek to use our gifts and talents to serve others well.
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The Servant Leader's Mindset Podcast
Rethinking Leadership: Moving Beyond Authoritarian Models
In this episode, Dr. Lena Holmes discusses the limitations of traditional leadership models, highlighting their authoritarian nature and the reliance on coercion and rewards for cooperation among followers. She critiques the top-down decision-making approach and emphasizes the need for a more inclusive and collaborative leadership style.
What is your leadership style?
Find out if your leadership style reflects more of a traditional or servant leader style by taking the TLSM Servant Leadership Assessment Quiz. The link to the quiz is:
https://244292363.hs-sites-na2.com/leadership-style-self-assessment
Show Takeaways:
• traditional leadership models emphasize an authoritarian style, assuming that the leader possesses the primary source of knowledge and direction
• top-down decision-making where power levers are determined by the leader's position within the hierarchy
• Cooperation among followers is achieved through coercion or rewards
• the fundamental philosophy of traditional leadership is that goals are achieved through the exercise of power and control over the followers
• the leaders acting alone direct, command, and make all the important decisions while the followers are expected to obey.
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