Running head: Characteristics of Servant Leadership Characteristics of Servant Leadership Kimetha F. Spoon Grand Canyon University MGT 420 Organizational Behavior & Management January 30‚ 2011 Characteristics of Servant Leadership When one hears the term servant‚ it is usually associated with the Bible since it clearly indicates that all Disciples of Christ or believers are servants. Servant is defined as “a person working in the service of another”. When Robert K
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the 19th century there is still a division of class between the “masters” who have superiority over the “servant”. this has been created by absolute spirit to recognize itself further in a historical sense. All though there are different stages of the master than the servant in which comes to recognize one’s self and the other. At the start of the relationship between the master and servant they are at two different conciousnesses. The master is for-itself. This would mean‚ in a Hegelian sense‚
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A Critique of Servant Leadership According to Robert K. Greenleaf‚ “The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The best test is: do those served grow as persons; do they‚ while being served‚ become healthier‚ wiser‚ freer‚ more autonomous‚ more likely themselves to become servants?” This is the simplest definition of servant-leadership. The pattern is cyclical- one learns how to serve
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their actions can cause employees to feel unappreciated. No matter how many perks you can offer an employee‚ Google needs to understand the importance of human interaction and emotion. Google could learn a lot from the characteristics of servant leadership. If employees could feel that Google’s intention was to help‚ inspire‚ listen‚ and
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Slave Life and European Indentured Servant Life The lives of African slaves and the lives of European indentured servants were very different. African slaves were African and the Europeans treated them like animals. Although the European indentured servants were also treated badly‚ they were fellow Europeans and weren’t treated as bad. Indentured servants were freed after their period of duty and were paid to do their work. They weren’t captured to be indentured servants they were often lured. Slaves
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Outline the key features of one theory/model of leadership servant-leadership vision Sergiovanni (2005) viewed vision as such a crucial element for change because it greatly influences the process of transformation in the servant-leader and in teachers‚ parents‚ and students and the school community as a whole. A good vision is meaningful if it is credible and can propel constituents to embrace it. Sergiovanni (1993) prescribed servant-leadership as the leadership style which could effectively
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Fundamentally‚ servant leadership entails leaders being servants first. It starts off with a natural feeling that one wants to serve‚ and goes beyond one’s self interest‚ where leaders are genuinely concerned about serving their followers. Further‚ it also involves leaders not using their power to get things done but instead try to persuade and convince their followers. In this way‚ followers support their leaders and are motivated to become the very best they can become (Dierendonck‚ 2011). Indeed
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The traits and behaviors I would expect in a servant leader include‚ listening‚ empathy‚ awareness‚ healing‚ and commitment to others (Casterlow‚ n.d.). These traits and behaviors help them understand‚ support and persuade their followers. The servant leader focuses on the needs of their followers and helps them meet these needs. Such a leader could help develop their team members‚ achieve their goal and succeed in their endeavors. A vocation would enable an individual to live for the community
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Fuel Hedging and ‘Servant Leadership’‚ discusses the servant leadership approach used at Southwest Airlines both in the past and present. The article touches on a number of topics‚ but most relevant is how effective servant leadership is for this company. The former president‚ Colleen Barrett‚ chose to continue the style of leadership begun by her predecessor and con-fonder of the company‚ Herb Kelleher. Their goal was to promote a collaborative and equal work environment. This servant style of leadership
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Evaluating Servant Leadership What is servant leadership? When this question is asked‚ the first response that comes to mind is a leadership role in some sort of spiritual capacity. In actuality‚ this concept can be applied to both professional and spiritual roles of leadership. Robert K. Greenleaf’s theory of servant leadership includes qualities such as listening‚ empathy‚ healing‚ awareness‚ persuasion‚ conceptualization‚ foresight‚ stewardship‚ growth and building community (Greenleaf‚ 2002)
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