What If We’ve Been Looking At Leadership Upside Down?
“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” — Ralph Nader
In traditional models, leadership is hierarchical, top-down and rooted in authority. The leader gives orders. The team executes. The customer waits at the bottom of the chain. But what if the very architecture of this model is flawed? What if leadership isn’t about being at the top of the pyramid but rather about flipping the pyramid altogether?
That’s the provocative promise of servant leadership, a concept that, at first glance, feels counter intuitive. Yet, in many of the most resilient, innovative and high-performing teams, it’s this very inversion of power that leads to success. Not through dominance, but through service.
Imagine this.
