III. Impact of Servant Leadership
The impact of the Servant Leadership philosophy would create a more caring company. When the company cares about its employees and customers alike, the employees will take greater care of the customers. According to Spears, there are ten critical characteristics of being a servant leader. These characteristics are listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to growth of people, and building community (1995). This servant leader “builds not only a mentally and emotionally healthy workforce but also inculcates a sense of cohesiveness, collaboration, and sustainable relationships among the followers by understanding and addressing their feelings …show more content…
So why, some will ask, spend the extra time and energy and use this servant leadership philosophy. Some would argue because it is a commitment to people and their potential (Spears, 1995, p.83). Servant leadership is more work initially. However, once servant leadership is in place and running smoothly, everyone involved is happier and more productive.
Some challenges that would occur when attempting to use servant leadership is how to implement it, getting everyone on board, follow through and keeping with it, and slowing down and taking the time to implement a servant leadership lifestyle. One challenge is there is no clear directions or system on how to implement servant leadership making it difficult to operationalize and apply (Paris & Peachey, 2013). There are no designated steps to put servant leadership into practice. This fact would make it more difficult to begin and keep servant leadership as a daily part of Around the Corner’s …show more content…
Leadership only requires one to want to lead. Individuals, no matter what position they hold, can be servant leaders. Servants naturally serve others and lead by example. The most common servant leader people have come into contact with are mothers, fathers, grandparents, and children alike. Age, position, gender, race, none of those factors matter when discussing servant leadership. Title or no title, manager or employee, adult or child, any person can fill the servant leadership role. Servant leadership only requires that one serves
The impact of the Servant Leadership philosophy would create a more caring company. When the company cares about its employees and customers alike, the employees will take greater care of the customers. According to Spears, there are ten critical characteristics of being a servant leader. These characteristics are listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to growth of people, and building community (1995). This servant leader “builds not only a mentally and emotionally healthy workforce but also inculcates a sense of cohesiveness, collaboration, and sustainable relationships among the followers by understanding and addressing their feelings …show more content…
So why, some will ask, spend the extra time and energy and use this servant leadership philosophy. Some would argue because it is a commitment to people and their potential (Spears, 1995, p.83). Servant leadership is more work initially. However, once servant leadership is in place and running smoothly, everyone involved is happier and more productive.
Some challenges that would occur when attempting to use servant leadership is how to implement it, getting everyone on board, follow through and keeping with it, and slowing down and taking the time to implement a servant leadership lifestyle. One challenge is there is no clear directions or system on how to implement servant leadership making it difficult to operationalize and apply (Paris & Peachey, 2013). There are no designated steps to put servant leadership into practice. This fact would make it more difficult to begin and keep servant leadership as a daily part of Around the Corner’s …show more content…
Leadership only requires one to want to lead. Individuals, no matter what position they hold, can be servant leaders. Servants naturally serve others and lead by example. The most common servant leader people have come into contact with are mothers, fathers, grandparents, and children alike. Age, position, gender, race, none of those factors matter when discussing servant leadership. Title or no title, manager or employee, adult or child, any person can fill the servant leadership role. Servant leadership only requires that one serves