SERVANT LEADERSHIP

BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE OF LEADERSHIP

Leaders are not appointed. People become leaders when they earn
and get the following.
Trust. Here is how we earn get trust:
Leaders are not appointed. People become leaders
when they earn and get the following.
Respect. Here is how we earn respect
Leaders are not appointed. People become
leaders when they earn and get the following.

 Initiative: Do
not wait for a perfect moment.
Take the moment and make it perfect.
 Sharing: share information, knowledge, credit
 Influence and Inspiration: Influence people to do
the right things, inspire them to do their best.
 Empowerment: empowering others and stepping
back. An employee is a rocket, a leader is a
rocket booster.
Leaders do not act from a
position of authority or a title,
they lead by influence,
inspiration and a personal
example.
WHAT IS SERVANT LEADERSHIP THEORY?
By Robert Greenleaf

Servant Leadership is a recent theory

of leadership that argues that the
most effective leaders are servants of
their people and get results through
whole-hearted attention to their
followers and followers’ needs.
WHAT IS SERVANT LEADERSHIP THEORY?

The leader should be a servant first,

leading from a desire to better serve
others and not to attain more power
 The assumption is that if leaders focus on
the needs and desires of followers,
followers will reciprocate through
increased teamwork, deeper engagement,
and better performance.
WHAT IS SERVANT LEADERSHIP THEORY?

Servant leadership is one of the

more popular theories of
leadership, especially among
Christian leaders who vigorously
cite JESUS as the penultimate
example of servant leadership.
WHAT IS SERVANT LEADERSHIP THEORY?

 Matthew 20:26-28
 But among you it will be different. Whoever
wants to be a leader among you must be you
r servant, and whoever wants to be first amo
ng you must become your slave. For even th
e Son of Man came not to be served but to se
rve others and to give his life as a ransom fo
r many.”
 NLT: New Living Translation
COMMON FEATURES OF
SERVANT LEADERSHIP

Considers the needs

of
employees first. 
COMMON FEATURES OF
SERVANT LEADERSHIP
Commits to helping
employees develop
expertise and improve
performance. 
COMMON FEATURES OF
SERVANT LEADERSHIP

Insists that the

organization make a
positive contribution
to society. 
UNDERSTANDING THE SERVANT
LEADERSHIP THEORY
Leading as a servant comes with certain
advantages and some downsides
Pros
Servant leadership can improve an
organization and/or society over the long
term.
Caring treatment of employees often
encourages similar treatment of the
organization’s customers and vendors.
UNDERSTANDING THE SERVANT
LEADERSHIP THEORY
Servant leaders attract employee
trust, which can improve the
credibility of the organization’s
brand.
Servant leadership typically
develops a positive corporate culture
and can correct a prevailing negative
culture over time.
UNDERSTANDING THE SERVANT
LEADERSHIP THEORY
Thisleadership style encourages and
motivates high performance from
employees.
Cons
Servant leadership requires time to
achieve positive results.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND
CHARACTER

The servant-leader is servant

first. It begins with the natural
feeling that one wants to serve.
Then conscious choice brings one
to aspire to lead.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND
CHARACTER

The best test is:

do those served grow as persons:
do they, while being served,
become healthier, wiser, freer,
more autonomous, more likely
themselves to become servants?
SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND
CHARACTER

And, what is the effect on the

least privileged in society;
will they benefit, or,
at least, not be further deprived?
TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVANT LEADER
 1. Listening
 2. Empathy /Compassion
 3. Healing /Health-giving
 4. Awareness/Knowledge and Understanding
 5. Persuasion/Encouragement/Persuasion
 6. Conceptualization/Visionary
 7. Foresight
 8. Stewardship
 9. Commitment to the Growth of People
 10. Building Community
TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVANT LEADER
 Listening
The servant leader seeks to identify the
will of a group and helps to clarify that
will. He or she listens receptively to what
is being said and unsaid. Listening also
encompasses hearing one’s own inner
voice. Listening, coupled with periods of
reflection, is essential to the growth and
well-being of the servant leader.
TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVANT LEADER
 Empathy

The servant leader strives to

understand and empathize with others.
People need to be accepted and
recognized for their special and unique
spirits. The most successful servant
leaders are those who have become
skilled empathetic listeners.
TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVANT LEADER
 Healing

The healing of relationships is a powerful

force for transformation and integration.
One of the great strengths of servant
leadership is the potential for healing one’s
self and one’s relationship to others. This is
a part of being human, servant leaders
recognize that they have an opportunity to
help make whole those with whom they
come in contact
TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVANT LEADER
 Awareness
General awareness, and especially self-
awareness, strengthens the servant-
leader. Awareness helps one in
understanding issues involving ethics,
power, and values. It lends itself to being
able to view most situations from a more
integrated, holistic position.
TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVANT LEADER
 Persuasion
Another characteristic of servant leaders
is reliance on persuasion, rather than on
one’s positional authority, in making
decisions within an organization. The
servant leader seeks to convince others,
rather than coerce compliance. The
servant leader is effective at building
consensus within groups.
 TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF SERVANT
LEADER
 Conceptualization
Servant leaders seek to nurture their
abilities to dream great dreams. For
many leaders, this is a characteristic that
requires discipline and practice.
The leader who wishes to also be a
servant leader must stretch his or her
thinking to encompass broader-based
conceptual thinking.
TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVANT LEADER
 Foresight /Wisdom
Closely related to conceptualization. One
knows foresight when one experiences it.
Foresight is a characteristic that enables
the servant leader to understand the
lessons from the past, the realities of the
present, and the likely consequence of a
decision for the future. It is also deeply
rooted within the intuitive mind.
TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVANT LEADER
 Stewardship
Servant leadership, like stewardship,
assumes first and foremost a
commitment to serving the needs of
others. It also emphasizes the use of
openness and persuasion, rather than
control.
TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVANT LEADER
 Commitment to the Growth of People
Servant leader is deeply committed to
the growth of each and every individual
within his or her organization.
The servant leader recognizes the
tremendous responsibility to do
everything in his or her power to nurture
the personal and professional growth of
employees and colleagues.
TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF
SERVANT LEADER
 Building Community
The servant leader senses that much has been
lost in recent human history as a result of the
shift from local communities to large institutions
as the primary shaper of human lives. This
awareness causes the servant leader to seek to
identify some means for building community
among those who work within a given institution.
GALATIANS 6:9
GLORY TO GOD