Servant Leadership

He created the world and created men and women in his own image. God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so

Analyze and explain the situation using any of the theories of leadership discussed in Chapter 14.

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From the group Biblical Integration Paper, it was understood that servant-leadership is not only a gift of purpose that God places in the hearts of His people, but it is also a calling in one’s life to truly touch the lives of others in need. Living a successful life, as a servant-leader is not one that focuses on self-fulfillment, rather it is in seeking a fulfillment that comes from Christ when one pours him/herself out for the sake of others. It is through servant-leadership that one is able to bring hope into hopeless situations (Group Integration Paper,

Michelle’s life embodies the idea of a person who has the x-factor, she shows that leadership is something that is developed over time and learned through experiences. The x-factor is when individuals in a society spark creativity, it is a multi-discipline that borrows and synthesis existing intellectual resources to generate new ones and approach causation. (Burns, 2003). Michelle is a prime example of the ideals of the x-factor that crates a leader.

Thoughts on Hunter’s “Steps to Change and Growth” While reading the Servant Leader book, I came across some very compelling points on growth of character. One example of the ever evolving nature of the human character was expressed quite succinctly on page 149 in the section titled “My Friend Elizabeth”. In this section, Hunter’s friend Elizabeth notes that of her friends that came to visit her, the ones that had been selfish thirty years ago had grown more so and the ones that had been kind had become “saints”. This particular passage spoke to me because during a pre cana session, I had a similar conversation with a priest. The priest explained that people mature at different levels due to their willingness to rise to various uncomfortable

The foundation of my personal leadership philosophy can be found in the principles of servant leadership as spelled out by Greenleaf (1970, 1977). Leadership is granted to individuals who are by nature servants. An individual emerges as a leader by first becoming a servant. Servant leaders attend to the needs of those they serve and help them become more informed, free, self-sufficient, and like servants themselves. Leaders and those they serve improve, enhance, and develop each other through their connection. A leader must also be conscious of inequalities and social injustices in the organizations they serve and work actively to resolve those issues. Servant leaders rely less on the use of official power and control, but focus on empowering those they

Rebecca, I found your post very interesting. I specifically liked the quote you used, “... it is the most effective way to lead” (Peregrym, 2011, p.3). I would like to just add another component to servant leadership, which I haven’t really heard in our posts that really sits well with me, and every time I think about servant leadership. We can call it communication, or listen actively which according to me is the key relationship builder, and the foundation of effective leadership. Without this built into our leadership journey, I feel we won’t be able to have followers, which does not help us to tailor our approach in relation to our team members’ needs. Servant leaders really listen to their followers for feedback and involve them in their

• Leadership Thorsten Grahn (2011) says Jesus modeled the servant leadership to His disciples and developed them into the leaders of His Church, by examining His model we can also adopt Christ-like servant leadership style lead people in any situation. Jesus prayed for us before we were born, so as leaders of the church we should pray for the church; He preached the gospel to the unbelievers, we also should preach the gospel all over the world making them disciples. He feed thousands of people; we should also meet the needs of the people. • Example setting A person cannot teach what he does not know and leave, there is another song or saying that says “practice what you preach”; the more a person teaches his students the more they become like

“It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.” What is servant leadership? Servant leadership is shown when an individual or an organization thrives to support others around them and uses their power to make others stronger. (Robert K. Greenleaf)

Thank you, Melinda, for the impressive post. Our class could get to know you more as a great nurse leader through your post. I could realize how worthy a leader you are through the hard work and the leadership style you followed. It is evident that you served your team first as a servant leader (Root III, 2016) by listening, using foresight and advocacy. This is what a servant leader would do to benefit the team. Not only that, you followed the other principles of servant leadership like showing compassion, empathy stewardship, leading by example, etc. while you serve the patients and your colleagues (Spears, n.d.) I learned from the post that, your efficiency as the servant leader along with the hard work you invested both paid you off. I

To make the employees more productive, the workplace needs to be healthy and remain positive. Such an environment, would contribute to optimizing the potentials of the staff. They would go above and beyond the call of their duty and work for the common good. The organizational success depends on more than what is officially accepted and acknowledged (Simmons, 2010). By bringing about the talents in the maximum number of people, one can make them work for the success of the organization. As servant leaders, it is our responsibility to affirm the people whom we work with to optimize their potentials to achieve the common

The true essence of a servant leader is a leader that is not self-appointed, but is birth out of a servant’s heart. It is one who serves with humility and genuine concern for others. A servant leader is willing to invest into others and love them. This attitude will illuminate Christ’s love, and others will see and experience Christ’s love through you. Others around you will naturally respect and gravitate to you as their leader.

As written in the lines above, employee engagement has a significant impact on an employee and their engagement. Although there has been many articles and research written about leadership and servant leadership, in this study, it will provide and overview, key traits and influences that servant leaders use in collaboration to address significant problems with strategy and other individuals. Therefore, how do managers and leaders facilitate the engagement of their employees? Leaders do this through their leadership style. In 1970, Robert K. Greenleaf identified servant-leadership, which was different from the traditional views of leadership. According to Greenleaf, “The servant-leader is a servant first. Servant

Servant trait is a form of leadership that embrace and demonstrate accurate communication to others especially junior workers. In the context of an organization, servant leadership shows the relationship of the managers to employees whereby leaders listen and respond to their juniors. Furthermore, it helps in developing good relationship in decision making and solving problems in an organization. The connection of the organization policy making and the performance are related to the relationship of the management and employees. The nature of the leadership influences the morale of the employees while performing their duties. Therefore, servant leadership express their exemplary life and hence giving the workers morale in improving