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Lyle Tard had a lot of struggles growing up because he believed that his life wasn’t worthy. He suffered domestic abuse as a teenager and had a difficult time finding the meaning of life, love, and even his own identity. He tried to escape and left for the Airforce but actually found the turning point in his life that served as a catalyst for him to know about God. He got connected with Jesus and he realized that he is somebody to Him. He realized that God was birthing a leader in him of a different type of perspective. God has continuously done that for him just by provisions and by the people that God allowed him to meet. He believed that we have to hold on to the moments where God was able to show Himself through someone else.
“It is all about who I know I am in Christ and how I project myself in public.” – Lyle Tard
Lyle is confident and very secure of himself that people can tell even before he opens his mouth that he has this ability to understand the climate or culture of a room or an organization then hone in on it and bring it in that as more of the gift of God to him. Lyle explained that we should be in a space where we continue to positively influence other people with whatever it is that we have. We have to find out, discover or rediscover, what it is that God has put in us and use it to serve other people and the presence of God in you will come out and the confidence of God in you will shine through.
Lyle shared that if we are in a place where we can just take off our bravado, take off whatever title or status we believe that we have, whatever ideas or whatever pride we might have on us and take it off and use that to be the precursor to them serving people, our service becomes much more authentic, our leadership becomes much more connected. Vulnerability in the workplace, in our homes, in churches, or whatever it is that we do in life is exceptionally vital if we would just take off the things that hold us down, that holds us back, the pride stuff and let that be known to be something that’s just going to fade away.
Lyle’s definition of servant leadership should never include me or we, which you all hear being said a lot around service is power and impact servant leadership, it is that they are the strength. It is about what they can do, because even if I say we, I’m still including me. What we really need to do is to take off our eyes off for ourselves and be willing to absolutely accept none of the credit and be willing to allow them to succeed and once they do, they always reap the reward. The only way to build influence above and below you is to make them feel like you’re beside them.
If you want to find out more about Lyle Tard you can visit his websites at https://serviceispower.org/ and https://www.impactservantleadership.com/ and through his other accounts:
Email: lyle@impactservantleadership.com
LinkedIn: Lyle Tard
Twitter: @theservingleadr
In this article you will learn about:
- How to help people connect to the truth of who God sees when they look at servant leaders
- How do we bring vulnerability out into our life into the culture that we find ourselves in
- What are the implications of showing vulnerability in the workplace from a leader
- What servant leadership really means
- How to become a change agent in the organization through servant leadership
About the Guest:
Lyle Tard is the Founder and CEO of IMPACT Servant Leadership, started in 2018. He is currently in his 18th year as a Technical Sergeant in the United States Air Force.
During his Air Force career, his accomplishments are honors such as Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter and Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award – Non-Commissioned Officer Tier. He has guided the career of more than 10,000 Airman from civilian to military life, leading them in cutting edge training of their newly developed skills.
As a communicator, Lyle has spoken worldwide inside and out of the military community. He has motivated young adults at institutions such as Harvard Business School, Atlanta Leadership College and American University. Lyle takes pride in leading the next generation of world changers. From universities to businesses to churches, Lyle’s passion is to influence the world to realize that “Leaders lead best when they serve.”
Lyle is also the primary moderator of the Service is Power podcast, spreading the message that “The Power to Serve, Serves us All.”
Along with his wife of 14 years, Sherrell and his two children, Alycea and Ethan, Lyle has served as the Youth Pastor at Gulf Coast City Church in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Missions Director at National Community Church, Washington D.C. and Lead Elder of Lighthouse International Ministries in Brunssum, Netherlands.
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