WEEK 3
SERVANT LEADERSHIP
Marilyn Ang
Marilyn.Ang@twu.ca
Overview
Quick Review of Authentic Leadership
Servant Leadership : Northhouse & Bennis & Thomas
Assignment: Northouse Reflection 2
Quick Review of Authentic Leadership
Write 2-3 sentences what you understand
about authentic leadership.
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Servant Leadership
What does the word ‘servant” mean to
you?
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Servant Leadership Overview
Servant Leadership Description
Servant Leadership Defined
Spears and Liden et al.’s models are important!
Historical Basis of Servant Leadership
Ten Characteristics of Servant Leadership (Spears)
Building a Theory About Servant Leadership
Servant Leadership Description
Servant Leadership – is a paradox: both service and influence
Interest in Servant Leadership
Most scholarship has been prescriptive, until recently
Past 10 years have clarified the concept and its assumptions
Focuses on leadership from the point of view of the leader and his/her behaviors
Servant leaders put followers first
Servant Leadership Defined By R Greenleaf
“Servant leadership begins with the natural feeling
that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then
conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. . . .
The difference manifests itself in the care taken
by the servant – first to make sure that other
people’s highest priority needs are being served.
