Everything begins when a leader has a desire to serve;
- Servant leadership focuses on meeting the basic needs of those served to include appreciation, affirmation, and support;
-A servant leader and the guiding principles serve the organization and the community;
-Servant leaders are humble, seek out opinions, cultivate trust, and develop leaders;
-Servant leaders establish a foundation of what it means to be a great leader;
-To recognize that the organization and its people are the asset and by doing so things are accomplished through the people, willingly;
-To be effective, you must listen to your people, engage them and challenge them. They must be encouraged, trusted, and allowed to thrive. By doing so the organization will flourish; and
-Realize that people cannot be managed like things. They have to be lead. Servant leadership involves honesty, commitment, humility, and selflessness.
This is an excerpt from a paper I wrote several years ago. I've always had these beliefs and feel passionate about the principles described.
-Kris
