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Notes on Servant Leadership

Larry Spears -Larry spears was the president of the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. He was a great fit for this position as he had years of experience in the field of organizational leadership along with numerous other sub-fields that dealt with organizations and their upbringing. He carried on the ideas of Greenleaf and expanded the belief of Servant Leadership into different countries. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10717919070130010101

https://www.essr.net/~jafundo/mestrado_material_itgjkhnld/IV/Lideran%C3%A7as/The%20Servant%20as%20Leader.pdf

(The Servant as Leader by Robert Greenleaf)

http://dx.doi.org.york.ezproxy.cuny.edu/10.2307/20159176

(Practicing Servant-Leadership: Succeeding Through Trust, Bravery, and Forgiveness)

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Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy in which the main goal of the leader is to serve. This is different from the traditional leadership where the leaders main focus is the thriving of their company or organizations. A Servant-Leader shares power, puts the needs of the employees first and helps people develop and perform as highly as possible. Servant leadership inverts the norm, which puts the customer service associates as a main priority. Instead of the people working to serve the leader, the leader exists to serve the people. As stated by it's founder, Robert Greenleaf, a Servant Leader should be focused on "Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?" When leaders shift their mindset and serve first, they benefit as well as their employees in that their employees acquire personal growth, while the organization grows as well due to the employees growing commitment and engagement. Since this leadership style came about, a number of different organizations have adapted this style as their way of leadership. According to a study done by Sen Sendjaya and James C Sarros, Servant Leadership is being practiced in some of the top ranking companies today, and these companies are highly ranked because of their leadership style and following.