1. Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy where the leader focuses on the needs of their followers before their own needs. The leader ensures followers have what they need to succeed and grow as leaders themselves. 2. Christian exemplifies servant leadership by regularly checking in with his team, helping them develop skills to advance, making decisions with the team's interests in mind, and ensuring they have resources to meet objectives. 3. Key aspects of servant leadership include valuing all opinions, cultivating trust, developing other leaders, thinking long-term about benefiting future generations, and acting with humility.

1. Servant leadership
Solomon Hippocrates S. Flores
Discussant

2. Who are chosen to be
leaders?

3. Those who were chosen via popular means.

4. Those who were chosen via appointment.

5. Those who were leaders by choice.

6. Those who were chosen accidentally.

7. When called to be a leader, face it.
Accept the challenge.

9. SERVANT
LEADERSHIP

10. Robert K. Greenleaf
He launched the modern
SERVANT LEADERSHIP
with the publication of his
classic essay, THE
SERVANT AS A LEADER in
1970. It was in this essay
that he coined the terms
servant leader and servant
leadership.

11. At first blush, you may think a servant leader literally
takes on the role of a servant. Taken to an extreme, that
definition would look like this:
As you come into school, the leader meets you at the
entrance, opens the gate, and welcomes you inside. Maybe the
leader gets you juice or water and maybe some snacks mid-
morning and drops by from time to time to see if you’re okay. He
may even ask if you need anything. When you need assistance
on a project, or maybe just someone to do the extra work, there
your leader will come running, waiting for whatever you wish.

12. No, that isn’t servant leadership.

13. Servant leadership is a blend
and balance between leader and
servant. You don’t lose
leadership qualities when
becoming a servant leader.

14. As a servant leader, you're a "servant first" –
you focus on the needs of others, especially team
members, before you consider your own. You
acknowledge other people's perspectives, give
them the support they need to meet their work and
personal goals, involve them in decisions where
appropriate, and build a sense of community within
your team.

15. HOW TO
BECOME A
SERVANT
LEADER?

16. Everyone on Christian’s group knows that he's
"there for them." He checks in with them often to see how
they are, and he helps them develop the skills they need to
advance their careers, even if this means that they may
move on.
Christian also makes an effort to see situations from
others' perspectives. He makes decisions with the team's
best interests in mind, and ensures that everyone has the
resources and knowledge they need to meet their
objectives.

17. Is Christian a servant leader?

18. Values diverse opinions.
A servant leader values
everyone’s contributions and
regularly seeks out
opinions. The servant
leader takes everyone’s
opinion and see if something
can be worked out.

19. Cultivates a culture of trust.
People don’t meet at the
water cooler to
gossip. Pocket vetoes are
rejected.

20. Develops other leaders.
The replication factor is so
important. It means teaching
others to lead, providing
opportunities for growth and
demonstrating by
example. That means the
leader is not always leading,
but instead giving up power
and deputizing others to lead.

21. Helps people with life issues.
It’s important to offer
opportunities for personal
development beyond the
group. Let’s say you
suggested an activity to lose
weight, or lower personal
debt, or a seminar on
bullying. None of these may
help your club, but each may
be important to one of the
members.

22. Encourages.
The hallmark of a
servant leader
is encouragement.
And a true
servant leader says,
“Let’s go do it,”
not,
“You go do it.”

23. Sells instead of tells.
A servant leader is
the opposite of a dictator. It’s
a style all about persuading,
not commanding.

24. Thinks “you,” not “me.”
There’s a selfless quality
about a servant leader. He
always looks for the
opportunity to help. He
makes sure that his
members’ interests are
being served first.

25. Thinks long term.
A servant leader is thinking
about the next generation,
the next leader, the next
opportunity. That means a
tradeoff between what’s
important today versus
tomorrow, and making
choices to benefit the future.

26. Acts with humility.
The leader doesn’t wear a title
as a way to show who’s in
charge, doesn’t think he’s
better than everyone else, and
acts in a way to care for
others. He may, in fact, pick up
the trash or clean up a
table. Setting an example of
service, the servant leader
understands that it is not about
the leader, but about others.