This document defines leadership and discusses servant leadership. It provides definitions of leadership from dictionaries as the position of a leader, ability to lead, and act of guiding or directing others. It then introduces Robert Greenleaf who coined the term "servant leadership" and emphasizes that leadership begins with the desire to serve others. The document outlines 9 characteristics of servant leaders including listening, empathy, awareness, and commitment to others' growth. It discusses that servant leadership has two elements: self-leadership through continual self-improvement and knowing oneself, and leading others through openness, partnership, caring for others, and building them up.
3. lead⋅er⋅ship [lee-der-ship]
–noun
1.the position or function of a leader: He managed to maintain his
leadership of the party despite heavy opposition.
2. ability to lead: She displayed leadership potential.
3. an act or instance of leading; guidance; direction: They
prospered under his leadership.
4. the leaders of a group: The union leadership agreed to arbitrate.
6. Meet Robert
Greenleaf
He wrote an essay called “The Servant as a Leader”
He’s been dead a long time now, but he sure left a legacy.
He has left us with a deeper understanding of leadership.
9. 9
Characteristics
of a servant leader:
1. Listening
2. Empathy
3. Healing
4. Awareness
5. Persuasion
6. Conceptualization
7. Foresight
8. Stewardship
9. Commitment to the growth of the people.
10. Building a community