Collective Knowledge about Servant Leadership

Your Group's Assignment:  When you have completed your reading and web search, collectively respond to the questions below in preparation to "teach" your concept with your original "home group."

Using This Wiki

1. Select a recorder.
2. Recorder will enter in the space below the group's collective knowledge in each category. While the recorder is entering text into the wiki, group members stand behind, providing input!
3. To add text, click on the "Edit Page" button at the top left. You will be prompted to enter a password. The password is the name of our program. You will also be asked to enter your name so we can know who edited the page.
4. After you have logged in with a password and your first name, insert your cursor where you want to begin typing, and begin!
5. Don't forget to click the "Save" button at the bottom of your screen occasionally!

NOTE: Feel free to delete these instructions once you have read them!

Define the Theory

 The term servant leadership was coined by Robert Greenleaf in 1970.  The servant leadership concept begins wth the natural feeling that one wants to to serve, serve first and then a conscious choice to leader.  Key characteristics include:  enabler of others, mission based decision making, placining the needs of others before your own, respectful of others' differences, capacity tp continually learn and grow, and sense of humility.  The role of the servant leader is one of a steward of the resources of the group to allow others to grow and meet their full potential

What are the outcomes?  When might this leadership style be used?

Sense of community

Enhance the growth of the individual and therefor the organization

Shared sense of mission and vision to support PLC initiatives

Clear basis for decision making - the good of the group vs good of the individual

A focus on learning versus training in staff development