Servant Leadership

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This paper explains that, instead of getting the work done by any means possible, the servant leader is required to first take into account the welfare of his staff and of all those who help him achieve the primary goal of the organization. The author points out that the concept goes well beyond the corporate world and can be incorporated into other fields, such as politics, education, and law. The paper relates that servant leadership works on principles opposite to those incorporated by a traditional leadership style; in traditional leadership, a leader is required to "control" his employees and exercises his authority frequently to get the tasks done.

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"Servant leadership works on the principle that a leader is there to take care of his people. He is required to act like a king who builds his entire empire on the principles of trust and care. Servant leadership literature, for this reason, focuses on everything from Jesus and Bible to modern-day management theories to explain the significance of this kind of leadership. This is obvious from close reading of Spears' book and the essays it contains. Contributors like Steven Covey and Max Depree have focuses on the moral side of the issue while Ken Blanchard, Margaret Wheatley and Warren Bennis discuss the issue from purely management standpoint. In their own unique way, all contributors sought to highlight the flaws of traditional leadership and the positive effects of this new leadership style."

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