User:Nonyeluchu/Servant leadership
Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy [1]
[[Since this leadership style came about, a number of different organizations[example needed]]
1. People's Republic of China [2]
2. Companies such as the Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, Steak-n-Shake, Synovus, and TD Industries have modeled their management practices around the servant leadership concepts Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). Branch, S. (1999, January). The 100 best companies to work for in America. Fortune, 139, 118
3. Chick-fil-A also attested that its success is largely due to the manifestation of principles and characteristics of servant leadership practices Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). Conley, L., Haley, F., McGregor, J., Prospero, M. A., Salter, C., & Slacks, D. (2004, October). 2004 customers 1st. Fast Company, 87, 79.
Robert K. Greenleaf first popularized the phrase "servant leadership" in "The Servant as Leader", an essay published in 1970. In this essay, Greenleaf explains how and why he came up with the idea of servant leadership, as well as defining a servant leader. Greenleaf gave this idea an extensive amount of thought before bringing it to life.[citation needed] Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).Greenleaf, Robert K.(1977) Servant Leadership- A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness, Paulist Press, 338pg, ISBN 0-8091-2527-7
- ^ Melchar, David E. & Susan M. Bosco. 2010. "Achieving High Organization Performance through Servant Leadership." The Journal of Business Inquiry 9 (1): 74-88.
- ^ Han, Y., Kakabadse, N.K. and Kakabadse, A. (2010), "Servant leadership in the People's Republic of China: a case study of the public sector", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 29 No. 3, pp. 265-281. https://doi.org/10.1108/02621711011025786