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Background ■ xv

A nice theory? Indeed it is, but it is much more than
just that. Servant-leadership has been applied successfully
in various companies all over the world. With all of their
diversity, these companies have one thing in common: they
are better because of it.
Whoever puts servant-leadership into practice will
notice that things change for the better and that problems,
which seemed unresolvable, can actually be solved. These
problems, on closer inspection, are actually not problems at
all, but, instead, they are chances—the chance to use diver-
sity to your advantage. That is why the third part of this
text is a practical model, presented in a way that provides
insights into your own organization.