“ IT BEGINS WITH THE NATURAL FEELING THAT

ONE WANTS TO SERVE, TO SERVE FIRST.

THEN CONSCIOUS CHOICE BRINGS ONE

”
TO ASPIRE TO LEAD.
“ I HAVE LEARNED OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT KNOWING
AND BELIEVING IN SOME PRINCIPLES DOES NOT MAKE ONE AN
EXPERT PRACTITIONER. REFLECTING ON THESE EXPERIENCES, I
CAME TO REALIZE THAT I WAS ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF A
SERVANT-LEADING JOURNEY, AND I FELT MUCH MORE

”
COMFORTABLE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I WAS ACTUALLY
A SERVANT-LEADER IN TRAINING.

“Leaders are made, not born. Each of us contains the capacity for leadership.”

-Warren Bennis
(Sipe & Frick 2009, p. xi)
Greenleaf (2002) suggested that we are facing a crisis in leadership and
contended that “there is no surer way to guarantee the future than to
have strong ethical leaders in the making now” (p. 214).

“Caring for persons, the more able and the less able serving each other,
is the rock upon which a good society is built.”
(Greenleaf, 2002, p. 62)

“If a better society is to be built, one that is more just and more
loving,” we must “raise both the capacity to serve and the very
performance as servant of existing major institutions by new
regenerative forces operating within them.”
(Greenleaf, 2002, p. 62)
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  Continuous
 Collaboration Regeneration  Awareness of  Courage
 Commitment  Creativeness obligation to serve  Determined
 Community building  Greatness  Dignity  Energetic
 Compassion  Hope  Embrace harmony  Enthusiastic
 Conceptualization  Maturity  Inclusive & expansive  Faithful
 Empathy  Morality worldview  Flexibility
 Ethical  Persuasion  Independent-  Humorous
 Foresight  Realistic interdependent  Inspired
 Healing  Sense of purpose  Intimacy  Integrity
 Humility  Skillful conflict  Knowledge  Introspection
 Listening management  Nurturing diversity  Self-awareness
 Love  Trustworthy  Peer Integrations  Spiritual
 Nonviolence  Value training of  Respect  Teachability
 Resolve future leaders  Responsibility  Tolerance
 Stewardship  Vision  Teamwork  Vulnerability
 Wise
(Ferch, Spears, McFarland, (Horsman, 2018) (Thompson, 2000)
& Carey, 2015).
(Greenleaf, 1998)
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Core Competencies
 Maintains Integrity
“Let your conscience be your guide.”
-Jiminy Cricket
 Demonstrates Humility
 Serves a Higher Purpose
(Sipe & Frick 2009, p. 15)
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Core Competencies
“Leadership is not an affair of the head.
 Displays a Servant’s Heart Leadership is an affair of the heart.”
 Is Mentor-Minded -Kouzes & Posner
 Shows Care & Concern
(Sipe & Frick 2009, p. 34, 38)
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Core Competencies
“Listening is the premier skill of the servant-leader.”
 Demonstrates Empathy -Robert Greenleaf
 Invites Feedback
 Communicates Persuasively
(Sipe & Frick, 2009, p. 45, 56)
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Core Competencies Together

Everyone
 Expresses Appreciation Achieves
 Builds Teams & Communities More
 Negotiates Conflict
(Sipe & Frick 2009, p. 77)
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Core Competencies
“Leaders must have an armor of confidence
 Visionary in facing the unknown.”
 Displays Creativity -Robert Greenleaf
 Takes Courageous, Decisive Action
(Sipe & Frick 2009, p. 104, 127)
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Core Competencies
“Change is inevitable; growth is optional!”
 Comfortable with Complexity
 Demonstrates Adaptability
 Considers the “Greater Good”
(Sipe & Frick 2009, p. 130, 144 )
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Core Competencies
“Servant Leadership is not only about one’s being
 Accepts & Delegates Responsibility
but also about one’s doing.”
 Shares Power & Control
 Creates a Culture of Accountability
(Sipe & Frick 2009, p. 155,161)
“
THE BEST TEST, AND DIFFICULT TO ADMINISTER, IS
THIS: DO THOSE SERVED GROW AS PERSONS? DO
THEY, WHILE BEING SERVED, BECOME HEALTHIER,
WISER, FREER, MORE AUTONOMOUS, MORE LIKELY
THEMSELVES TO BECOME SERVANTS? AND, WHAT IS
THE EFFECT ON THE LEAST PRIVILEGED IN SOCIETY?
WILL THEY BENEFIT OR AT LEAST ”
NOT BE FURTHER DEPRIVED?
“ “THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT CHOICE A
LEADER MAKES IS THE CHOICE TO SERVE,
WITHOUT WHICH ONE’S CAPACITY TO LEAD IS

”
SEVERELY LIMITED.”
“ THE REAL VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY CONSISTS
NOT IN SEEKING NEW LANDSCAPES,
BUT IN HAVING NEW EYES.

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 References

Ferch, R. S., Spears, L. C., McFarland, M., &

Carey, M. R. (2015). Conversations on
Servant- Leadership: Insights on human
courage and work. New York, NY: Suny
Press.

Greenleaf, R. K. (1998). The power of Servant

Leadership. San Francisco: Berrett-
Koehler.