Servant Leadership
6.4 Servant Leadership
6.4 Servant Leadership Effective leadership is essential to an organization’s success. A good leader provides vision, motivation and helps a group implement a plan or process through to completion. A great leader can possess the same qualities and are able to transform people, organizations and even countries. There are multiple styles of leadership and many ways to lead a group toward success. Bateman & Snell (2009) describes five different leadership styles as transactional, transformational, charismatic, servant and bridge leadership. This journal will describe these leadership styles and compare and contrast them to servant leadership. In addition, the journal will evaluate the usefulness of servant leadership in for profit industries and non-profit industries.
According to Greenleaf (1977), servant leaders put other people 's needs and aspirations above their own. Focusing on people, the servant leader supports people first and the bottom line of the organizations second. A servant leader serves others while strengthening the organization. Servant leaders devote themselves to serving the needs of the members of an organization through coaching and encouragement they facilitate personal growth and build a sense of community. (Bateman & Snell, 2009).
It is a common belief that leaders are born with natural instincts to lead. Servant leader has a natural desire to serve. A servant leader generally loves people and has a desire to better others. They do not lead by using power as a tool; they know that power is just a means to an end. They empower their employees or groups to make decisions while building a strong team with a sense of community and larger purpose. The origins of servant leadership date back to biblical accounts of Jesus’ actions and teaching servitude to build trust and harmony among his disciples. Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as
6.4 Servant Leadership Effective leadership is essential to an organization’s success. A good leader provides vision, motivation and helps a group implement a plan or process through to completion. A great leader can possess the same qualities and are able to transform people, organizations and even countries. There are multiple styles of leadership and many ways to lead a group toward success. Bateman & Snell (2009) describes five different leadership styles as transactional, transformational, charismatic, servant and bridge leadership. This journal will describe these leadership styles and compare and contrast them to servant leadership. In addition, the journal will evaluate the usefulness of servant leadership in for profit industries and non-profit industries.
According to Greenleaf (1977), servant leaders put other people 's needs and aspirations above their own. Focusing on people, the servant leader supports people first and the bottom line of the organizations second. A servant leader serves others while strengthening the organization. Servant leaders devote themselves to serving the needs of the members of an organization through coaching and encouragement they facilitate personal growth and build a sense of community. (Bateman & Snell, 2009).
It is a common belief that leaders are born with natural instincts to lead. Servant leader has a natural desire to serve. A servant leader generally loves people and has a desire to better others. They do not lead by using power as a tool; they know that power is just a means to an end. They empower their employees or groups to make decisions while building a strong team with a sense of community and larger purpose. The origins of servant leadership date back to biblical accounts of Jesus’ actions and teaching servitude to build trust and harmony among his disciples. Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as
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