Servant Leadership Style Analysis

Leadership is everywhere in our daily lives. As a student athlete I lead numerous times each day. For example, I lead while I coach my young 15s year old team, during class while helping other students with the concepts, during practice, etc. However, even though these are all places where a person uses leadership doesn’t mean they lead in the same way. There are many different styles of leadership. There is the authoritarian style which is where a single person or a group of people clearly defines tasks and expect them to be done by the followers. Another type is the laissez-faire style which is negligible in practice. The leadership style that is most closely related to participative leadership is servant leadership. The most common traits of servant leaders are being encouraging, supportive, and wanting their followers to reach their full potentials. The dictionary.com definition that defines servant leadership is the following, “is a philosophy and set of practices that enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately creates a more just and caring world.” To more easily understand the concept of servant leadership we can break it up. The definition of a servant is someone who follows orders for others without compensation or choice. It is someone who will do a task as a favor or out of want for the leade3r. The other part of servant leadership is the leader. The definition of a leader is a person who leads or commands a group or organization. They are the head of the organization that everyone looks up to. So, if we put both of the definitions and parts together we can see that a servant leader is someone who does a task for free to help better an organization or person. Many areas around the community utilize servant leadership. …show more content…
Before doing much volunteering and service projects I understood servant leadership to be where the person does a task out of the good of their hearts. This is true. Servant leadership is done because that person wants to help the organization or person succeed. Looking at myself I consider myself to be a servant leader. I like to see my teammates and the people who I volunteer for succeed, however, there are times in my head I wish I could get something out of it or I like people to know what I have done to help which is a selfish move. This past year I had the opportunity to help at Packages from Home which is a package distribution center for the military overseas. What we did was take goods such as toiletries, candy, cards, etc and package them to be sent to our forces in Afghanistan and Iran. It was a very good experience because I was able to do something for the people who are fighting …show more content…
There are many instances in my life as a student-athlete that I can help out other people for free, for example, I can give younger volleyball players lessons to help them reach their dreams of playing at the next level. As a normal student I could also tutor my friends who are struggling in math and English because I excel in both of those subjects. Thinking about this I can now see how many things in life I could help people do that would help them excel and help me grow as a person. Volunteering also gave me a sense of accomplishment and a good feeling in my heart that I helped someone out and made them