Servant Leadership : The Servant Leader

A South Carolina Teacher Fellows student is an education major that is set apart by CERRA for their passion for educating students and seeing children develop a love of learning. Teacher Fellows students at Anderson University embody certain requirements and standards that may not be as typical to students in other schools. A Teacher Fellows at Anderson University, and especially the leadership within the cohort, exemplifies Christ in every aspect of their life, and demonstrates the servant leadership spoken of in the book of Matthew; “On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:26b-28 HCSB). As president of the 2016 Anderson University Teacher Fellows cohort, I would strive to lead by serving, work as though working for Christ, and develop the skills necessary to becoming an effective teacher in both myself and the members of the cohort.

Being a servant leader means to be a person who participates, engages in the community, and builds good relationships. As a servant leader at Silver Lake College, I am actively engaged in many clubs and organizations that try to help the community and make it better. For example, I am a member of student united way, as well as, the student senate. Even thought, I am participating in different clubs I would like to create my own club that would be a Spanish club.

Servant Leadership places great emphases on support, trust and encouragement working for the subordinates versus leading by instruction and direction, (Savage-Austin and Honeycutt, 2011). The leader’s position is to support their employees by insuring they have all of the necessary tools to complete their objective. The authors state that servant leadership is similar to transformational and authentic leadership in that the employees are encouraged through mentoring and open interaction. According to the authors, Savage and Honeycutt, (2011), little research has been conducted on servant leadership in the profit driven organizations versus not for profit or volunteer work. It was also noted that organizations that do not

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

I was profound by the opening statement. I am speechless with words to say on your post since I can relate to all the information you presented as who you are and how you see yourself as a leader. While all your statements are structured well, there are two statements that stands out most, they are the "ability to develop new ideas" and "hard work drives me to become a servant leader." At times, I can develop new ideas but whenever challenged to do them, no one listens and put them into actions. I guess this is why shut down when it comes to participating in developing new ideas. There were about two jobs I have worked where management encouraged new ideas and allowed me to put them in actions and get others to do the same thing. I agree

Many individuals placed in positions of authority become less mindful of others feelings and needs; meanwhile, their subordinates devote tremendous energy to watching and interpreting the actions of their leaders and the end result is a toxic tandem where employees feel underappreciated and over controlled (Marquis & Houston, 2015). This statement presents a problem in the work force today that needs to be combated by a different type of leadership than most are used to, servant leadership. This type of leadership looks to make others a priority over one’s self, and through this, create employee loyalty. Three key aspects of this type of leadership that author James Hunter illuminated upon, that will be

I like your post and agree with you. Servant leadership is a humbling approach that seeks to empower followers and improve the outcomes of an individual or an organization. Leaders share their control and influence with their followers and this empowers the followers. Sharing control and influence may be challenging, especially if followers are not supportive and the leader may not be taken

Servant leadership: “A leadership philosophy in which an individual interacts with others, either in a management or fellow employee capacity - with the aim of achieving authority rather than power. The authority figure intends to promote the well-being of those around him/her. Servant leadership involves the individual demonstrating the characteristics of empathy, listening, stewardship and commitment to personal growth toward others” (Investopedia). This definition is only one of many ways to describe what a true servant leader does and is. The center point is this leader’s main focus is on others, not themselves. To create a relationship to lead, to teach, to encourage opposed to control. The true significance

As a leader and entreprehenuer, I address tension and conflict that occurs among diverse stakeholders within my parameter by figuring out what is most important to my organization, example; people, competition or money. My motto is treat others as you would want to be treated. I work for the people, not for the building. For this reason, I always put people ahead of anything else. I believe when you treat your staff right, they will inturned treat the customers right, which would lead to success for the company, and recognize competitive advantage. The theory I most practice in my organization is: Servant Leadership Theory - By Robert Greenleaf. Servant leadership philosophy implement practices that enriches the lives of people, builds better

Today economy is mercurially changing; some of the organizations aim at staying on the market and to grow tremendously by taking shortcuts. The organization’s leadership sometimes focuses majorly on process and profit, which needs to shift to people and long-term development goals. Some of the leaders are practicing wrong policies, poor planning and inability to work with people. Jack Welch (2001) concluded that 75% of leadership is about people and remaining 25% is about everything else. Servant Leadership is the ray of hope in the leadership crisis. Servant Leadership works on positive employee attitude which opens the doors for empathetic, helping, caring, restoring, and supportive environment in an organization. This article will focus on the significance of servant leadership, the role of the servant leader, and a quantitative case study of one of United States’ premier healthcare institution- Cleveland Clinic. Integration of Servant Leadership into Clinic’s culture showed drastic improvements in both employee engagement, as measured by the Gallup Q12 survey, and patient satisfaction, as measured by the federal “HCAHPS” survey.

One of the key aspects of values-centered leadership is actually knowing what comprises it and how it is implemented. Within the Intelligence Community (IC) we often relate this to Servant Leadership. Unknown to most is that this style of leadership has been employed and practiced by many in past years.

Servant leadership is a leadership theory that originated from the works of Robert Greenleaf in the early 1970s (Northouse, 2016). According to the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership (2016), Greenleaf was not the first person to create the idea of serving others through leadership, but he does hold the responsibility of coining the term, and applying it to the modern world. This modernized theory focuses on the leader serving the follower, in a way that gives empowerment and satisfaction. This is accomplished through the leader having behaviors of conceptualizing, emotional healing, putting followers first, helping followers grow and succeed, behaving ethically, empowering, and creating value for the community, which is

Upon completing studies at Concordia University, Graduate students are equipped for service in various settings, such as a member of a faith-based organization, at work, in your home, in the community and in the world. However, simply having the knowledge to serve others is not enough. Service to others is not about watching and waiting for service opportunity to arise. Instead, one must actually “pick up their mat” and look for ways to be of service to other and then act on upon those opportunities.

The ministry research project consisted of a six-week training session on servant leadership, based in part on the study material by C. Gene Wilkes, “Jesus On Leadership: Becoming A Servant Leader.” The project entailed a pre-test and post-test questionnaire, an inventory of spiritual/emotional maturity, a group 12 to 15 leaders, a two day seminar on spiritual leadership, the Joseph Hall method of meditation and Philippians 4:8 questions was explained and each participant was encouraged to utilize both methods to assist in deepening their comprehension of God’s word. In addition, the fundamentals of the project centers on four goals: (1) to assess the current leadership and their passion for the spiritual disciplines; (2) to develop a six week

The proposed servant leadership management model is a valued suggestion by our employees. Though it has been shown to increase worker morale and production at other enterprises, we do not have the resources to implement it here at Gecko. We must remember that Gecko Enterprises is a small, family owned business. Along with managing over 100 employees, we do not possess the ability to implement this model while satisfying the union’s requested pay raise. Furthermore, with increasing production costs and lowered productivity, we must do what is best for Gecko Enterprises.