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Jury Gives $1 Million to Woman Who Was Told, ‘I Don’t Serve Black People’

Rose Wakefield was ignored by an attendant at a gas station near Portland, Ore., as white customers were served first, according to the lawsuit.

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Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy in which the goal of the leader is to serve. This is different from traditional leadership where the leader's main focus is the thriving of their company or organization. A servant leader shares power, puts the needs of the employees first and helps people develop and perform as highly as possible.^[1] Instead of the people working to serve the leader, the leader exists to serve the people.^[2] As stated by its founder, Robert K. Greenleaf, a Servant Leader should be focused on, "Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?"^[3]

When leaders shift their mindset and serve first, they benefit as well as their employees in that their employees acquire personal growth, while the organization grows as well due to the employees growing commitment and engagement. Since this leadership style came about, a number of different organizations^{[example needed]} have adopted this style as their way of leadership.

According to a 2002 study done by Sen Sendjaya and James C Sarros, servant leadership is being practiced in some of the top-ranking companies, and these companies are highly ranked because of their leadership style and following.^[1] Further research also confirms that servant leaders lead others to go beyond the call of duty.^[4]

The hardships endured by Shanghai residents loom large over the capital city, and China’s economy is already hurting as prolonged lockdowns interrupt global supply chains. In response to these fears, global stocks fell on Monday.

hardship

/ˈhɑːdʃɪp/

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noun

1. severe suffering or privation.

   "intolerable levels of hardship"

forlorn hope n. 決死隊; 決死的行動; はかない望み.

1. An arduous or nearly hopeless undertaking. 敢死隊
2. An advance guard of troops sent on a hazardous mission.

[By folk etymology from Dutch verloren hoop, advance guard : verloren, past participle of verliezen, to lose + hoop, troop.]

Arnold's phrase, the "passionate and dauntless soldier of a forlorn hope,"

A few words of wisdom come from old friend Carol, best mate Martin and his therapist Terence but with a blind-ish date looming, Daniel takes more drastic action. He embarks on refining his identity or "brand statement" in the forlorn hope that he'll stand a better chance with the opposite sex--as he quips: "Interesting that 'opposite'. As in diametrically opposed. Not the different sex. The opposite sex." With his trusty flip chart and black marker pens he starts to analyse the lessons he has learned from each love affair--a project he dubs, ironically, The Love Secrets of Don Juan.

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"Where will you serve?" -- "Where'er you please." -- "I know You like to be the hope of the forlorn, And doubtless would be foremost on the foe After the hardships you've already borne. And this young fellow -- say what can he do? He with the beardless chin and garments torn?" "Why, general, if he hath no greater fault In war than love, he had better lead the assault."

Don Juan (Byron)/Canto the Seventh - Wikisource