One
leadership teacher describes servant leadership as follows:
"The servant leader is servant
first. It all begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve
first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The difference
manifests itself in the care taken by the servant - first to make sure that
other people's highest priority needs are served."
Another teacher says:
"Servant leadership is demonstrated through the stating of goals or vision,
aggressively listening to others, telling the truth and being trustworthy,
assisting others in their development, caring for the well-being of all people,
and in the end, sustaining the hope that both the organization and its people
will reach their desired futures."
Servant Leadership
Mini Test
1. Are
you living inwardly and outwardly in a manner consistent with your mission?
2. Are
your intentions, secret desires, private ambitions, dreams or passions
contradictory to what you publicly proclaim about yourself or your
organization?
3. Are
the decisions you make congruent with the principles of your mission?
