Applying Servant Leadership

Applying Servant Leadership
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Business and organizations are always looking for growth; however, even the successful companies their leaders will confirm that leadership is usually one of the biggest challenges in the transition. It is observed that this challenge begins the very first time one hires the first team member and the challenge grows with the growth of the organization. Most leaders confirm that the old model of the authoritarian boss is being washed out with time and hence today enterprises and organizations are using a more feasible leadership style that put into consideration of the new environment as well as the new human resource. An example of such a leadership style is the servant leader mode.
Servant leadership has been in existence since time memorial the century-old principles are being applied to make a successful leader today. However, this model was more defined and made better by Robert Greenleaf through his popular essay the servant as leader. The following essay is going to give the principles of servant leadership together with real-world examples of leaders utilizing the said principles.
Empathy: as a servant leader one ought to try and understand the feeling of the team member or those following, the third CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella is one such leader. He has spoken of empathy and the benefits it plays in being a smart leader. Nadella has gone a step further and written a book about the same quoting "empathy will become ever more valuable in a world where the torrent of technology will disrupt the status quo like never before." (Daft, 2014).
Awareness: servant leaders are always aware of what is going on around them. They care deeply about their followers and put their welfare first. They ought not to see their employees as a machine for leaping profits only. Several leaders have shown caring passionately about an employee's well-being, and Ellon Musk is among these leaders. Recently Musk demonstrated this by pledgin...