Servant Leadership
Servant Leadership 2
Abstract
Servant Leadership is a leadership practice and also a leadership philosophy. Servant leadership is a very distinctive style in leadership principles and it does go against the concept of “Me first”. In this paper, servant leadership is characterized by listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to growth, and community building (Spears, 2004). The servant leader as defined in Northouse: An approach to leadership, with strong altruistic and ethical overtones that ask and requires leaders to be attentive to the needs of their followers and empathize with them; they should take care of them by making sure they become healthier, wiser, freer, and more autonomous, so that they too can become servant leaders. The servant leader that I will be discussing in this paper is United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama on August 8, 2009.
Servant Leadership 3 Servant Leadership: Function and Benefits There have been many issues and pitfalls in the economy, job market, and workplace. People are going to work not knowing were this economy is going to take them next. The industries are in a need of an over hall and implement a new style in leadership. The servant leadership will not only serve the company or the industry but also the people they serve. Leaders need to develop trust from the followers before they are able to get their support. Among the various leadership styles, the approach with the most intimate touch that embodies the human factor is servant leadership (Page & Wong).
The History of Servant Leadership Servant leadership style has been practiced in ancient
Abstract
Servant Leadership is a leadership practice and also a leadership philosophy. Servant leadership is a very distinctive style in leadership principles and it does go against the concept of “Me first”. In this paper, servant leadership is characterized by listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to growth, and community building (Spears, 2004). The servant leader as defined in Northouse: An approach to leadership, with strong altruistic and ethical overtones that ask and requires leaders to be attentive to the needs of their followers and empathize with them; they should take care of them by making sure they become healthier, wiser, freer, and more autonomous, so that they too can become servant leaders. The servant leader that I will be discussing in this paper is United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama on August 8, 2009.
Servant Leadership 3 Servant Leadership: Function and Benefits There have been many issues and pitfalls in the economy, job market, and workplace. People are going to work not knowing were this economy is going to take them next. The industries are in a need of an over hall and implement a new style in leadership. The servant leadership will not only serve the company or the industry but also the people they serve. Leaders need to develop trust from the followers before they are able to get their support. Among the various leadership styles, the approach with the most intimate touch that embodies the human factor is servant leadership (Page & Wong).
The History of Servant Leadership Servant leadership style has been practiced in ancient