The TD Industries: Servant Leadership Model

I have been learning more and more on how servant leaders come employ a working environment that many will want to work in and also enjoy. When looking for two companies to research on I tried to find one company that may not be on the servant leadership model but could be with just some leader coming in locally and spreading that throughout the company. The servant leadership company I chose was TD Industries which when you first log into their site lets you know by saying “TD Industries we support a culture of inclusion, a culture of ownership. We accomplish this through a Servant Leadership philosophy that puts others first” (TD Industries, 2016). This is not their mission statement but shows a vision that any company could follow. TD Industries

Even company that use this model can still care for the employees and how they want and need things to make them successful. The company I chose for this is Family Dollar Stores which the name already gives you some insight. In November 1959, Leon Levine opened the first Family Dollar store in Charlotte, North Carolina which has grown today into over 8000 stores in the USA. He created a general floorplan that he used in each of his stores that allowed customers to easily shop for their favorite products in any Family Dollar store and this still happen today (Family Dollar, 2016). The Family Dollar Store mission statement is “For our Customers a compelling place to shop by providing convenience and low prices for our associates. A compelling place to work by providing exceptional opportunities and rewards for achievement for our investors. A compelling place to invest by providing outstanding

One thing they have in common is that they both mention the customers in their mission statement that shows the concern of how they want to make sure the customers’ needs are being met. I feel that with both TD Industries and Family Dollar Stores having something in the statement that mention career opportunities is fully showing the they want to see people some to the company as stay. When you offer career advancement you will be not losing all the experience and training that have been place into the employee.

When looking at these mission statement they do have a few things different that could show more production or profits. TD industries statement was shorter and did not include how the investors would be taking care of for the return on their money. Family Dollar did mention this which fully let’s all investor know that the company is providing good customer service but still want to make a profit that will take care of the overhead and be able to pay the investors. TD Industries is not a retail store so there really is no need to have any mention of prices in their mission