SERVANT LEADERSHIP Flashcards
(30 cards)
FOUR BASIC COMBINATIONS OF DIRECTIVE AND SUPPORTIVE BEHAVIORS
Directing
Coaching
Supporting
Delegating
PROVIDED SPECIFIC DIRECTION S ABOUT TASKS AND GOALS AND CAN EASILY MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE TO PROVIDE REGULAR FEEDBACK ON RESULTS.
Directing
EXPLAIN WHY, SOLICIT SUGGESTIONS FROM THE TEAM, PRAISE PROGRESS, BUT CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE TASK
Coaching
FACILITATES INTERACTION WITH OTHERS, LISTEN TO PEOPLE, MOTIVATE, AND EMPOWER THEM
Supporting
EMPOWERS THE PEOPLE TO ACT INDEPENDENTLY WITH APPROPRIATE RESOURCES NEEDED TO GET THE DONE.
Delegating
SKILLS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY LEADERS
Diagnosis
Flexibility
Linkages and Partnering for Performance
HELP US TO ASSES AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT FOR EVERY TASK PEOPLE AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY CAN BE AT DIFFERENT LEVEL SIN TERMS OF COMMITMENT
DIAGNOSIS
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE AND BE ABLE TO USE A VARIETY OF LEADERSHIP STYLES COMFORTABLY TO HELP THE CONSTITUENTS ACHIEVE THEIR TASKS OR GOALS
FLEXIBILITY
THE TEACHER SHOULD FACILITATES THE POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP TO THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
LINKAGES AND PARTNERING FOR PERFORMANCE
HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN VALUED FOR THEIR LEADERS COMMUNICATION AND DECISION- MAKING SKILLS. ALTHOUGH THESE ARE ALSO IMPORTANT SKILLS FOR THE SERVANT LEADER, THEY NEED TO BE REINFORCED BY A DEEP COMMITMENT TO LISTENING INTENTLY TO OTHERS.
LISTENING
THE SERVANT LEADER STRIVES TO UNDERSTAND AND EMPATHIZE WITH OTHERS. PEOPLE NEED TO BE ACCEPTED AND RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SPECIAL AND UNIQUE SPIRITS. ONE ASSUMES THE GOOD INTENTIONS OF CO-WORKERS AND COLLEAGUES AND DOES NOT REJECT THEM AS PEOPLE, EVEN WHEN ONE MAY BE FORCED TO REFUSE TO ACCEPT CERTAIN BEHAVIORS OR PERFORMANCE.
Empathy
HELPS ONE IN UNDERSTANDING ISSUES INVOLVING ETHICS, POWER, AND VALUES. IT LENDS ITSELF TO BEING ABLE TO VIEW MOST SITUATIONS FROM A MORE INTEGRATED, HOLISTIC POSITION
Awareness
IS A POWERFUL FORCE FOR TRANSFORMATION AND INTEGRATION. ONE OF THE GREAT STRENGTHS OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEALING ONE’S SELF AND ONE’S RELATIONSHIP TO OTHERS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BROKEN SPIRI SUFFERED FROM A VARIETY OF EMOTIONAL HURTS.
HEALING
THE SERVANT LEADER SEEKS TO CONVINCE OTHERS, RATHER THAN COERCE COMPLIANCE.
Persuasion
SERVANT LEADERS SEEK TO NURTURE THEIR ABILITIES TO DREAM GREAT DREAMS. THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT A PROBLEM OR AN ORGANIZATION FROM A CONCEPTUALIZING PERSPECTIVE MEANS THAT ONE MUST THINK BEYOND DAY-TO-DAY REALITIES. FOR MANY LEADERS, THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC THAT REQUIRES DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE
CONCEPTUALIZATION
THE ABILITY TO FORESEE THE LIKELY OUTCOME OF A SITUATION IS HARD TO
Foresight
IS A CHARACTERISTIC THAT ENABLES THE SERVANT LEADER TO UNDERSTAND THE LESSONS FROM THE PAST, THE REALITIES OF THE PRESENT, AND THE LIKELY CONSEOUENCE OF A DECISION FOR THE FUTURE. IT IS ALSO DEEPLY ROOTED WITHIN THE INTUITIVE MIND.
Foresight
HOLDING SOMETHING IN TRUST FOR ANOTHER”. SERVANT LEADERSHIP, LIKE STEWARDSHIP, ASSUMES FIRST AND FOREMOST A COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE NEEDS OF OTHERS. IT ALSO EMPHASIZES THE USE OF OPENNESS AND PERSUASION, RATHER THAN CONTROL.
Stewardship
SERVANT LEADERS BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN INTRINSIC VALUE BEYOND THEIR TANGIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS AS WORKERS. AS SUCH, THE SERVANT LEADER IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE GROWTH OF EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL WITHIN HIS OR HER ORGANIZATION.
COMMITMENT TO THE GROWTH OF PEOPLE
THE SERVANT LEADER SENSES THAT MUCH HAS BEEN LOST IN RECENT HUMAN HISTORY AS A RESULT OF THE SHIFT FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO LARGE INSTITUTIONS AS THE PRIMARY SHAPER OF HUMAN LIVES.
BUILDING COMMUNITY
HE DID NOT ALWAYS WANT TO BE THE LEADER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE US. BUT HE JUST KNEW THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR EQUALITY. BY PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE’S NEEDS FIRST, HE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY WHICH PROVES THAT ANYONE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE THROUGH A HUMBLE AND SERVING PERSPECTIVE
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
FORMER PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA
NELSON MANDELA
STANDING BEFORE HIS PEOPLE, HE SAID THAT HE WAS A HUMBLE SERVANT WITH A PASSION FOR HIS PEOPLE AND THE DESIRE TO SEE THEM ENJOY EQUALITY. SOMETIMES, HE WOULD TAKE HIS SPEECHES TO THE STREETS, PUTTING HIS PERSONAL WELL-BEING AT RISK, AND AT OTHER TIMES, HE ENDURED HARSH CONDITIONS IN PRISON JUST TO MAKE HIS STATEMENTS HEARD.
NELSON MANDELA
THROUGH HER FAITH, SHE DEDICATED HER LIFE TO SERVING OTHER PEOPLE. LIKE OTHER SERVANT LEADERS, SHE HAD HER CRITICS FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT THERE WAS NO ONE WHO COULD QUESTION HER MOTIVES BEHIND HER DESIRE TO HELP OTHERS. ALSO, SHE NEVER SOUGHT PERSONAL RECOGNITION, THOUGH SHE INSISTED ON SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND WAS NOT AFRAID TO EXPRESS OPINIONS THAT OTHERS WOULD HESITATE TO SAY. EVENTUALLY, MANY CALL HER TO BECOME A SAINT, WITH A LIFE THAT MANY PEOPLE CONSIDER AS A MIRACLE.
MOTHER TERESA
