Notes on
Servant Leadership
General Information
- Phrase coined by Robert Greenleaf in 1970 – Book/Essay: The Servant as Leader
- Servant leadership is a philosophy and set of practices that enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately creates a more just and caring world.
- The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions…
- Traditional leadership generally involves the accumulation and exercise of power by one at the “top of the pyramid,” servant leadership is different. The servant-leader shares power, puts the needs of others first and helps people develop and perform as highly as possible.
- Organizations as well as individuals could be servant-leaders - Book/Essay: The Institution as Servant
- Larry C. Spears – 10 Characteristics of a Servant Leader
- Listening, Empathy, Healing, Awareness, Persuasion, Conceptualization, Foresight, Stewardship, Commitment to the Growth of People, Building Communit
XU/UC Servant Leadership Forum – Held 10/24
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Freedom Center President C.G. Newsome
o Highlighted
Mary McLeod Bethune
o Key
characteristics/traits: spiritual intelligence, empathy, energy, fortitude,
resiliency
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University of Cincinnati President Santa J.
Ono
o Highlighted
George Washington, MLK
o Key
concept: Servant leaders are concerned with the growth and well-being of people
and community in they belong
o Book: How
Will You Measure Your Life? – Clayton Christensen
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Xavier University President Michael J. Graham,
S.J.
o Highlighted
Pope Francis
o Key
concept: Person before you is the object of your concern
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