Creating Benevolent Organisations Through Dynamic Servant Leadership

Author(s):  
Anju Bharti ◽  
Ravinder Jit

Servant leaders build better organizations and create a more positive world. Their focus is mainly on identifying and meeting the needs of others rather than attempting to acquire as much power, wealth, and fame for themselves. This kind of leadership goes beyond serving internal stakeholders, such as employees and contractors. A good servant leader also cares about the external stakeholders, including the customers, the community, and the whole society. It's a positive influence through and through. A servant leader thinks and breathes positivity, compassion, benevolence, and open-mindedness. Implementing the principles of servant leadership helps employees feel more invested in their work and attract top talent in the organization. Servant leadership is a philosophy that places the needs of employees and teams ahead of the leader with the goal of fostering success. This kind of leadership makes the employees committed to make a better society both inside and outside their organizations. Benevolent leaders acknowledge progress, reward success, and celebrate achievement.

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-144
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shobahur Rizqi

Abstrak Tujuan kajian ini adalah pertama, untuk melihat sosok kepemimpinan Umar bin Khattab dalam sudut pandangan konsep servant leadership.  Kedua, untukmelihat kebijakan-kebijakan yang diterapkan Umar bin Khattab dalam memimpinrakyatnya, dan ketiga, melihat implikasi-implikasi dari kebijakan yang diterapkantersebut, baik implikasi positif maupun negatifnya.Metode yang digunakan dalam kajian ini adalah dengan metode deskriptifanalisis, yaitu suatu metode pemaparan peristiwa melalui analisa-analisa. Metode ini dilakukan melalui empat tahap: (1) heuristik atau teknik mencari,mengumpulkan data atau sumber, (2) verifikasi atau kritik sumber, yaitumengidentifikasi otentisitas dan kredibilitas sumber melalui kritik eksteren daninteren, (3) interpretasi atau penafsiran sejarah disebut juga analisis sejarah, yaitumenguraikan segala factor yang menyebabkan terjadinya suatu peristiwa, (4)penulisan, pemaparan atau laporan  hasil penelitian sejarah yang telah dilakukan.Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa kepemimpinan Umar bin Khattab sangat identicdengan servant leader. Pola kepemimpinan yang diterapkan Umar bin Khattabmemenuhi syarat sebagai seorang servant leader. Pola tersebut telahmengantarkannya pada kejayaan. Namun demikian, Umar bin Khattab tetaplahsosok manusia biasa yang tak luput dari kesalahan. Hal ini pula yang kemudianmengantarkan Umar pada kematiannya. Kata Kunci:Kepemimpinan, Umar bin Khattab, Servant Leadership  ------- Abstract The goal of this research are: first to know the leadership of Umar bin Khattab on perspective of concept servant leadership. Second, to know the policies applied by Umar Khttab in conducting his government. Third, to know the implication and policies, positive and negative. This research uses deskriptif analysis, by describing the chronological order through analysis. This method is conducted in four steps: (1) heuristics or tracing technic. (2) verivication or source criticism, identifying authentication and source credibility through external and internal criticism, (3) historical interpretation also known as historical analysis, by explaining all factors causing the events (4) writing process, explaining or reporting the result of historical research that has been done.This research concludes that Umar bin Khattab’s leadership is identical to servant leadership. His leadership style had delivered him to the glory. However, Umar bin Khattab is an ordinary human being who can do no wrong and mistakes. This also led him to his death. Keywords: leadership, Umar bin Khattab, Servant Leadership


2020 ◽  
pp. 153448432098119
Author(s):  
Jennifer D. Bragger ◽  
Nicole A. Alonso ◽  
Kayla D’Ambrosio ◽  
Nikita Williams

In this paper, we propose a model of how balanced and integrated development across spiritual, cognitive, social, emotional, and moral domains can result in a servant leader orientation for both those who are predisposed to serve but might not be leaders, and those who are leaders but might not be predisposed to serve. First, we review the benefits of servant leadership in today’s organizations and the commonly agreed upon dimensions of servant leadership. We then propose how balanced and integrated development can facilitate a transition to a servant-oriented style of leadership for both those that serve and those that lead. We discuss organizational barriers to servant leadership development, and how organizations can overcome these barriers by creating contexts in which such integrated vertical development can facilitate a cycle of servant leadership. Lastly, we make suggestions for how organizations’ human resource functions might develop servant leaders.


Public Voices ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Willa Bruce

Relying on a survey of members of the American Society for Public Administration, servant leadership is examined through the lens of Christian spirituality.  Findings indicate that citizens can have confidence in the dedication and committment of public servants.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper concentrates on the links between SME financial performance, business ties, and political ties. Business ties were revealed to be the fundamental microfoundations of formal strategic planning (FSP), by significantly boosting firms' financial performance. However, political ties were revealed to be something to avoid, in emerging market like Turkey, due to their distracting negative influence of firm performance. SMEs can overcome some of the disadvantages of their size by involving positive influence external parties in strategic work, to support internal stakeholders. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.


Metamorphosis ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabhjot Kaur

Servant leaders attempt altruistically and selflessly to help others before themselves, believe in developing their followers to their greatest potential, and seek to benefit the wider community. The main purpose of the present article is to examine servant leadership as the antecedent to employee engagement, mediated by job satisfaction, in Punjab, using data from 190 employees from different service provider companies (banks, colleges, call centres, insurance companies). Quantitative analysis shows that when employees observe positive levels in servant leadership, they are fundamentally encouraged towards exercising significantly higher levels of engagement and satisfaction.


Author(s):  
Dr. Harold Ray Griffin* ◽  
Ms. Dana Foster

A multi-methodological approach was used to examine the personal and professional life of a well-respected, nonclinical, healthcare executive for purposes of determining if “Don” was a servant leader and, if so, uncover the antecedents contributing to his leadership style. The results provided the backdrop for examining linkages between servant leadership, reporting relationships, and business structures. Content analysis and Spears’ 10 constructs of servant leaders were used as a priori themes to affirm that Don is a servant leader. Nonparametric testing revealed moderate to strong associations between the reporting relationships of the respondents (x1) and the types of business structures (x2) where the respondents and our servant leader forged their initial relationship and the perceived behaviors and attributes of Don (y). We discovered that relationships, spiritual centeredness, and desire for career advancement served as antecedents in shaping Don’s leadership style. Implications for practice and future research are also addressed.


2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hashim ◽  
Muhammad Azizullah Khan ◽  
Saqib Adnan

The Servant Leader Model is a theory that advances administration, supports trust, coordinates effort, future-arranges and utilizes moral capacity to engage others, focusing on good ethical practices. This study inspects the faculty of public and private universities in Peshawar for elements of servant leader behavior (wisdom, emotional healing and persuasive mapping) and effect on performance. Drawing on information from 95 teaching faculty members from different universities, we discovered help for the immediate impact of the all elements of servant leader behavior administration on universities performance. The findings add to servant leadership practices, in like manner to values-based administration, which conceivably may include novel literature regarding the relationship between servant leadership and performance of universities teachers. Implications form the last part of the paper.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-41
Author(s):  
T. Kychkyruk ◽  
◽  
H. Salata ◽  

The modern world needs a new type of leader who develops a vision of the future for his / her followers and encourages them to be ready for it. These leaders ensure changes, they are not focused that much on the behavior of their followers / subordinates and on controlling their behavior. On the contrary, they are focused on the development of initiative and support becoming the servants of those they have to lead. The concept of servant l eadership is derived from the ideas of Robert K. Greenleaf. As R. Greenleaf states, it all starts with a natural urge – the desire to serve. The motto of this thought is "A good leader is primarily a servant". The task of the leader is to achieve common goals by ensuring the well-being of followers and subordinates. Servant leadership is an attempt to become better, to become the person others would gladly follow. Such an idealistic vision of a leader as a servant is fruitful and is paid off even in a very competitive business world. A servant leader builds an organized and creative team, and this type of leadership involves the development of organizational culture which demonstrates a high level of trust. Being a servant leader means to help people overcome obstacles and get the tools and resources they need to perform better; to be an example; to facilitate the work of others; to be willing to do what others do. This model of leadership implies a "flattening" of hierarchies: a boss is a friend who listens to those who are with him/her rather than a person who decides what is best for them. This type of leadership has the powerful potential in today’s globalized world. The article aims to analyze the concept of servant leadership. The authors have used an interpretive research paradigm and multidisciplinary analysis.


2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Chun Yang ◽  
Wensong Zhang ◽  
Shaoxue Wu ◽  
Daisy Mui Hung Kee ◽  
Pan Liu ◽  
...  

On the basis of social learning theory, we explored the mechanism through which chief executive officers' use of the servant leadership style affects middle managers' voice behavior. We analyzed data obtained from a sample of managers of firms in the energy industry in China. We found that chief executive officers' servant leadership had a positive influence on organizational collective promotion focus through its effects on top management team servant leadership. Further, organizational collective promotion focus was positively correlated with middle managers' voice behavior through the mediator of middle managers' promotion focus. Finally, a promotion focus motivated middle managers to speak out more often in their organizations. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.


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