Conventional Leadership Vs Servant Leadership

This article examines the similarities and differences between transformational and servant leadership. The authors suggest the primary difference is the focus of the leader. The transformational leader’s focus is more on the organization and the servant leader’s focus is more on the follower. The authors state that both offer the conceptual framework for

From the group Biblical Integration Paper, it was understood that servant-leadership is not only a gift of purpose that God places in the hearts of His people, but it is also a calling in one’s life to truly touch the lives of others in need. Living a successful life, as a servant-leader is not one that focuses on self-fulfillment, rather it is in seeking a fulfillment that comes from Christ when one pours him/herself out for the sake of others. It is through servant-leadership that one is able to bring hope into hopeless situations (Group Integration Paper,

Servant leadership is a theory based on Robert K Greenleaf’s belief that all men have a primary motivation to serve others and through this service they aspire to lead (Parris & Peachey, 2012). Although this leadership model has very little in common with charismatic and situational does however compare to transformational leadership in several areas. The main area of commonality between the two can be found as transformational leaders serve as stewards to change enable the followers to accept the change and move forward with the organization (Tichy & Devanna, 1990, p. 75). In essence, servant leadership becomes the long-term transformational approach to life and work.

Introduction Servant leadership is an emerging leadership principle that was developed by Robert K. Greenleaf in 1970 (Keith, 2015). The main idea behind this principle is based on the assumption that in order to become an effective leader, one must first become an able servant. In his essay ‘The Servant as Leader,’ Greenleaf posits that man, in nature, is a servant (Greenleaf, n.d.). And being a servant, man will also follow leaders that are servant, themselves.

Servant leadership has been in existence long before the concept was formalized by Robert K. Greenleaf in the 1970’s. It has been used in industries, faith-based communities, and some educational institutions as a foundation for effective leadership. The history of servant leadership is rooted in biblical times as Christ is seen by many as the first true servant leader (Blanchard & Hodges, 2003). The concept has been brought through ancient times to the modern era by noted leaders who have promoted this form of leadership.

Authors such as Dugan (2017), consider Transformational Leadership and Servant Leadership similar, as both theories denote similar behavioral traits. However, Gregory Stone, Russel, and Patterson (2004) found that there are key differences between these two types of leadership styles. The distinction lies within the leader’s focus. Transformational leaders focus on the organizational goals and the greater good of the mission. While Servant Leaders concentrate on the people or the followers and their needs. Servant Leaders want to take care of their people and they find that if they take care of their follower’s needs, the mission gets accomplished because followers want to do a good job for their leader (Gregory Stone, et al., 2004).

The concept of servant leadership was first defined by Robert K. Greenleaf in 1970, and the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership was later established. The former CEO of that organization, Larry C. Spears, published an article outlining ten characteristics of servant leaders. These ten characteristics have been referenced countless times in recent years, and they serve as the pillar of the study of this leadership style. Using those characteristics as a reference, I will discuss my own strengths and weaknesses as a servant leader in this section.

With this leadership vison in mind, I would like to become a mix between a transformational and servant leader. I believe my followers have unrealized potential which I intend to reveal. My

I undoubtedly appreciate your desire to work to incorporate your role in leadership towards the standard of professional performance. Having the ability to lead is an important factor in being successful. I have found that during my time in leadership, I have developed many different styles of leadership. The two I relate to the most are that of a transformational leader, and servant leadership. The transformational leader is one who has the ability to inspire and motivate their followers. Transformational leadership entails a leader to be adaptive and flexible with their leadership style (Gibson, Ivancevich, Donnelly, & Konopoaske, 2012). As for the servant leader, according to Tropello & DeFazio (2014), the servant leadership style is

Servant leadership is a particular leadership style that focuses on serving others and putting other peoples need before theirs. Servant leadership contains a paradox meaning because “servant and leader are usually thought of as being opposites” once they come together, it creates a different meaning with a positive connotation (Spears, 2005). This leadership style, servant leadership is typically referred to having a connection with the Christian religion because it is based on some of the beliefs and morals of the Bible. The Servant leadership philosophy has been relevant for decades, Robert Greenleaf is known as the modern creator. This paper will explore the principles of servant leadership and how they are used in comparison to the

Vision, servant leadership, and change leadership are related, and together they yield practical positive results and are supported by biblical instruction. Vision is one characteristic of a good leader – the ability to communicate the future goals of an organization in such a way as to motivate employees to work hard to support the goals (Satterlee, 2009, 103). Connected to vision is the important model of servant leadership model that focuses on collaborative stewardship versus individual ownership (Satterlee, 2009, p. 113). Finally, change leadership is important because organizational change is inevitable, and visionary leaders who rely on aspects of servant

As discussed earlier history show us servant leadership has been around in religions for quite some time and while servant leadership roughly travels back two thousand years, the modern servant leadership movement was launched by Robert K. Greenleaf in 1970. Greenleaf says a servant leader is concerned with serving followers wellbeing first, opposed to leading first and just focusing on organization. (Patterson, 2010) Servant leadership builds positive relationships with subordinates, empowers them, and helps them succeed. Servant leaders lead with integrality and live ethically, but many cultures have viewed servant leadership as weak and less productive.

This paper aims to address an organizational issue and illustrate how the situation could be resolved by using three different models of leadership. The work environment will be described, the significance of the issue will be presented and the resolution will be analyzed using the models of servant leadership, transformational leadership and transactional leadership.

Transformational and servant leadership are rooted in the study of charismatic leadership. An early conceptual model of "charismatic leadership" has been closely linked with the work of Max Weber, who described the leader as a charismatic person who exercised power through followers' identification with and belief in the leader's personality. Both transformational and servant leadership are both inspirational and moral.

Since this article was a systematic literature review, the authors did not provide their own definition of servant leadership and thus the theory remains under-defined. Parris and Peachey note that most researchers quote Greenleaf’s definition of servant leadership verbatim.