Chapter 12Servant Leaders Celebrate Others

TOM MULLINS

I met Tom Mullins when we were speakers at a servant leadership conference. He is such a positive, energetic person that I was drawn to him right away. When I heard his feelings about celebration, I was even more of a fan. Why? Because of all the things that I’ve ever taught over the years, the one concept I would never give up is my feeling that the key to developing people and creating great organizations is to catch people doing things right. In this essay, Tom shows why accenting the positive and celebrating success is a key element of servant leadership. —KB

ONE OF THE most important things I’ve learned from being both a football coach and a pastor is that you cannot celebrate your team’s ...

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