This document defines leadership and discusses servant leadership. It provides definitions of leadership from dictionaries as the position of a leader, ability to lead, and act of guiding or directing others. It then introduces Robert Greenleaf who coined the term "servant leadership" and emphasizes that leadership begins with the desire to serve others. The document outlines 9 characteristics of servant leaders including listening, empathy, awareness, and commitment to others' growth. It discusses that servant leadership has two elements: self-leadership through continual self-improvement and knowing oneself, and leading others through openness, partnership, caring for others, and building them up.