Robert Greenleaf Servant Leadership

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The concept of servant-leadership which mirrors Jesus’ style of governance may have developed from church settings. Nonetheless, Robert Greenleaf coined the phrase, servant leadership and to a greater degree was responsible for its notoriety. Berger (2014) study summarized servant leadership as follows:
• Leaders whose primary motivation is a desire to help others grow and succeed.
• Leaders promote emotional healing and creates value for the community.
• Leaders holistically engaged people within the community through a positive organizational culture.
• Leaders demonstrate leadership through an agape-type love, humility, vision, trust and empowerment.
(Berger, 2014).
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