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1. Servant Leadership

2. What is Servant
Leadership?
Type of leadership
where the primary
mission of the leader
is to develop
employees and help
them reach their
goals, the leader’s
role is serving the
needs of others.

3. While 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.

4. Where did it come from?
Robert K. Greenleaf first
coined the phrase "servant
leadership" in his 1970
essay, “The Servant as a
Leader.” However, it’s an
approach that people have
used for centuries.
• According to Larry C. Spears,
former president of the Robert
K. Greenleaf Center for
Servant Leadership, these are
the 10 m0at important
characteristics of servant
leaders:
• Listening
• Empathy
• Healing
• Awareness
• Persuasion
• Conceptualization
• Foresight
• Stewardship
• Commitment
• Building Community

5. The servant leadership philosophy and practices
have been expressed in many ways and applied in
many contexts. Some of the most well-known
advocates of servant leadership include Ken
Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Peter Senge, M. Scott
Peck, Margaret Wheatley, Ann McGee-Cooper &
Duane Trammell, Larry Spears, and Kent Keith.