Steward vs Servant: Redefining Leadership with Jon Mayo

Episode Links:

Website -- https://jonmayo.com/

LinkedIn: Jon Mayo -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-e-mayo/

Jon Mayo Books - Primary Recommendation: "Be Relentless" - https://jonmayo.com/books/

Waymaker Community - https://jonmayo.com/waymaker-community/

The Outlier Project - https://www.theoutlierproject.live/

Summary:

In this episode of The Corvus Effect, Jon Mayo, a former US Army captain turned founder of the Waymaker Movement, shares how his military experience taught him that leadership success comes from being a conduit rather than the "cool guy." After recognizing he lacked an integrated core self, Jon created Waymaker to help high-performing founders generating $5-100 million who have become trapped by their own success. The conversation explores his critical distinction between servant leadership and steward leadership, his concept of four-dimensional living where many leaders excel in business but neglect relationships with self and spouse, and his anti-guru approach that emphasizes collaborative discovery over prescriptive solutions, demonstrating how small intentional actions and systems thinking can transform chaos into sustainable significance.

Show Notes:

00:32 Military Leadership Foundation

04:48 Creating Waymaker

06:02 Servant vs Steward Leadership

08:59 Chaos to Clarity Framework

12:30 Support Systems for Leaders

13:33 The Anti-Guru Approach

14:51 Founder Dependency Problem

18:06 Integration vs Balance

20:06 Discovery Through Questions

23:36 Systems and Kill It Sessions

28:43 The Outlier Project Network

30:43 Connect with Jon

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