Development

Definition of Servant Leadership

What is Servant Leadership


 * "**The servant-leader //is// servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve //first//. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is //leader// first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions…The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Between them there are shadings and blends that are part of the infinite variety of human nature.**"**
 * "**The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant-first to make sure that other people’s highest priority needs are being served. The best test, and difficult to administer, is: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, //while being served//, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants? //And//, what is the effect on the least privileged in society? Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived?**"**
 * http://www.greenleaf.org/whatissl/index.html**

Skills of a Servant Leader

Examples of Servan Leaders