Collective Knowledge about Servant Leadership
Define the Theory
It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.
Make sure that other people's highest priority needs are being served.
Serves others rather than having others serve the leader.
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Who are the Proponets?
Ernest Shackleton
Robert Greenleaf
Ken Blanchard
Stephen Covey
Anne McGee-Cooper and Duane Trammell
M.Scott Peck
Peter M.Senge
Margaret Wheatley
What are the outcomes? When might this leadership style be used?
The outcomes are to inspire the members that you lead to become servants of others themselves. These members become more autonomous and therefore are more likely to become servant leaders themselves.
This style is used to build a community that will empower people and nuture their spirit.
What are the critical skills?
- listening
- communication
- persuasion
- empathy
- nuturing the spirit
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