Values of Servant Leadership

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Values of Servant Leadership

Values of Servant Leadership Servant Leadership (DMC 4113) SCD 207/07 Ghana Christian University College 3068 Words October 2010

Values of Servant Leadership 2 Table of Contents Pages 1. Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………3 2. Leadership and Leadership Styles......……………………………………………..............4 3. Servant Leadership...............................................................................................................6 4. Values of Servant Leadership............................................….……………………………..8 Stewardship..........................................................................................................................9
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Leaders who tend to skew towards the task quadrant have at the top of their priority the goals to be accomplished, scheduling work activities, and establishing work policies and structures. Conversely, leaders with a relationship-behaviour leadership style, tend to nurture subordinates, create an atmosphere of solidarity and a strong emphasis on relationship (Northouse, 2007). Since the environment within which leaders operate is not static but dynamic and subject to change, different situations will demand different kinds of leadership styles, hence leaders must align their style to that of the subordinates competence and commitment (Northouse, 2007).

Values of Servant Leadership 6 This section will consider four leadership styles and expatiate on the primary values that distinguish servant leadership. Transformational leadership is said to take place when leaders build, broaden, and raise the interests and commitment of their employees or followers towards a shared purpose and mission, and empower them (followers or employees) to accomplish those purposes and mission (Stone, Russell, & Patterson, 2003). A person who exemplified transformational leadership is Mother Teresa. Transactional leadership is the leadership style which involves the exchange of valuable things and contractual agreement between the leader and the follower or employee in other to achieve a win-win balance in objective (Northouse, 2007). Charismatic leadership according to Hay & Hodgkinson
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