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Lisa Lampanelli: Practice servant leadership

Lisa Lampanelli: Practice servant leadership

- It's funny, I became acquainted with the concept of servant leadership really recently, but I read that it's been around since the 70s, which of course I didn't know, because guess why, I was too concerned with myself to figure it out. Now, having heard the term, I get it. It's like it's when I am up on that stage for comedy. Instead of thinking about me, I'm thinking about them. It's for them to see that they're not alone. So every joke I have, I want them to see, oh, guess what? Me too, me too. I want people to always say, oh my God she went through that too and she's still on the stage and she can still talk about it? (relaxed music) My advice on picking a story is something where, yes, you have to know your audience. You can't worry about every single person but just know your dynamic in general. Know the group dynamic and how to sort of aim for it. What I usually do is try to say, does the story have…

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