Ethical Standards and Strategies
What is servant leadership and how can you apply the concept to empowering a team of direct reports? Compare and contrast servant leadership to transformational and transactional leadership. Your initial post should be at least 250 words. Support your writing with at least three scholarly sources, two of which must be peer-reviewed journal articles. Your textbook (or a textbook from another management course) may be used as a third source. Readings for the Week: Dennis, R. S. (2004). Servant leadership theory: Development of the servant leadership assessment instrument. (Order No. 3133544, Regent University).ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, , 160-160 p. Retrieved from http://search(dot)proquest(dot)com/docview/305056102?accountid=8289. (305056102). Irving, J. A. (2005). Servant leadership and the effectiveness of teams. (Order No. 3173207, Regent University). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, , 99-99 p. Retrieved from http://search(dot)proquest(dot)com/docview/305356267?accountid=8289. (305356267). Shekari, H., & Nikooparvar, M. Z. (2012). Promoting leadership effectiveness in organizations: A case study on the involved factors of servant leadership.International Journal of Business Administration, 3(1), 54. Retrieved from http://search(dot)proquest(dot)com/docview/1030091370?accountid=8289 Washington, R. R. (2007). Empirical relationships among servant, transformational, and transactional leadership: Similarities, differences, and correlations with job satisfaction and organizational commitment. (Order No. 3265529, Auburn University). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, , 112-n/a. Retrieved from http://search(dot)proquest(dot)com/docview/304896742?accountid=8289. (304896742).
Ethical Standards and Strategies - Servant Leadership
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Servant Leadership
Servant leadership requires one to serve with all his heart and soul. It can be compared to a situation where one is called to serve God; this means that one should serve with reverence and with fear of God. Applying servant leadership in an organization means that both leaders and followers work together by serving each other diligently (Dennis, 2004). Servant leadership implies that a leader should be more of a builder compared to being a chief. Servant leadership is more applicable in the current Generational and Cultural Revolution because of the benefits that come along with it.
Applying servant leadership in an organization reinforces one’s nature of professionalism as it encourages noble instinct. Servant leadership is more of action-oriented and it’s about celebrating people and their potential. All these elements of servant leadership encourage team spirits. Teams are empowered as it encourages direct reports, eventually increasing productivity within an organization (Irving, 2005).
Compared to transformational leadership, servant leaders act as stewards by viewing their followers as their responsibility. Accordingly, it becomes their duty to help their followers better themselves to reach their potential. Servant leadership is different from other forms of leadership because it is geared towards leaders meeting followers’ needs, meaning that, followers act as the ends to the means but not the means to the end. Unlike transformational leadership, servant leaders develop a covenant with their followers based on shared values and understanding. Both parties have open ended commitment, mutual ...