Servant Leadership: Putting Your Team First, and Yourself Second

A good goal of leadership is to help those who do not go well and help those who do it well. - American entrepreneur Jim Rong

Robert K. Greenleaf made the phrase "Leadership of servants" for the first time in the article "The servant as a leader" in 1970. But this is the way people have used it for centuries.

As a servant leader you are "servant first" - before you think about yourself, you will focus on the needs of other people, especially team members. You recognize the opinions of other people, give them the support they need to achieve their jobs and personal goals, make them engage in decision making at the right time, I will raise awareness. This will strengthen the participation, trust, and relationships of team members and other stakeholders. It can bring more innovation

Servant leadership is not a style or technique of leadership. Instead, it is a long-term behavior. It complements the democratic leadership style resembling innovative leadership - this is usually the most effective style used in business environment - and Level 5 Leadership - a place where leaders show humility in their way of working

Do not forget that servant's leadership is not related to the needs of others, but to the needs of others. Do not make unnecessary decisions and do not give negative feedback to team members as necessary

Also, do not rely solely - please use it in style like innovative leadership. There, develop a moving vision of the future, motivate to achieve this, a stronger team

looking forward to. Next, I will outline how to become a servant leader. In the meantime, please leave a comment and tell me your idea.

The difference between a servant leader and another type of leader is that the servant leader is not the leader but the servant first. To be a servant leader means that you are committed to finishing your personal interests. In other words, the leadership of the servant is a commitment to humility. Being a leader of a servant is not about your success, but about the success of the people you serve. You are not the center of attention, and the people you serve should be the focus of attention. We currently live in a world where people prefer to boast of success in social media and the leadership of their servants is not boasting of your personal success. If you're proud of your success or your ability to become a Scrummaster, or if you are using Scrum to successfully run the project, I regret saying this is not a servant leader. These successes are not yours, they belong to the people you serve, you insist that it is yours and you do not have the right to brag about it.

There are some criticisms of servant style leadership that requires attention. First of all, the name itself is inconsistent and fickle. At the same time what does it mean to be a servant and a leader? Second, what is the dimensions of the leadership of the servant? Thirdly, most normative aspects of the material on the leadership of the servant make it look like Utopian altruism. Finally, why is the central function of conceptualizing servant leadership (Northouse, 2016). Organizations such as AT & T, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, Vanguard Group, etc. have used many elements led by servants. Especially in the last 30 years, it is widely used than leader-member exchanges (Chapter 6) and real leadership (Chapter 9). If the philosophical framework of a person involves taking care of others, the leadership of the servant defines a set of actions that can be involved in practice.