Thanks for the comment.  I'll read his post later, but I disagree with a core principle.  Employees are the end.  Profit is the means of providing for them, rewarding them for their contribution and making the world a better place.  The idea that an employee is a means is exactly what creates our hire-layoff cycles.

I wrote directly about this over a hear ago in Who Do You Love (http://leadchangegroup.com/love) and again in the 6 Facets of The Servant Leadership Diamond (http://leadchangegroup.com/6-facets-servant-leadership-diamond/).  We don't serve just anyone.  We serve the team - people who join us in pursuit of a common goal.  If they don't join the team's agenda, we can't keep them on the team.  The other extreme is putting them ahead of objectives.  If we make the agenda just about them, we fail to reach the true objective and everyone suffers.

Servant Leaders serve the team.  The team doesn't survive unless it achieves the objectives.  Everyone must be accountable to each other and the objectives or everyone loses.

Thanks for the great comment.