1. A not so new leadership philosophy.
Servant Leadership
A not so new leadership philosophy.

2. Success!

3. Defining Leadership Activity

4. Research
Find at least three different leadership definitions.

5. Individual Definition
Write your definition.
You can use your “favorite” from the research, a combination of the definitions, or your own creation.
Leadership is …

6. Servant Leadership Proponents

7. Proponents Lao-Tzu Chinese philosopher Founder of Taoism
Author of Tao Te Ching
About 500 B.C.
“The highest type of ruler is one of whose existence the people are barely aware.”

8. Research
Find at least three people who are examples of servant leadership.
Designate someone to share with the class who you found and why they are considered a servant leader.

9. Proponents Robert Greenleaf Founder of modern Servant-Leadership
“The Servant as Leader” published 1970.
Key terms: stewards, servants, and shared vision.
“It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.”

10. Proponents Larry Spears
Former CEO of Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
10 Key Characteristics:
Listening, Empathy,
Healing, Awareness
Persuasion
Conceptualization
Foresight, Stewardship
Growth of people
Building Community

11. Proponents
Kent Keith
Former CEO of Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
In Practice
Self-Awareness
Listening
Changing the Pyramid
Developing Colleagues
Coaching
Unleashing of Others
Foresight

12. Proponents Pat Falotico CEO of Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
Retired IBM Executive
In Practice
Accountability
Empathy
Listening
Self-awareness
People-building, not People-using
A Journey to do something bigger than yourself

13. Proponents Peter Senge Author of “The Fifth Discipline.”
Learning Organization
Leaders grow creativity which increases adaptability to change.
Leaders are designers, teachers, and stewards.

14. Proponents Ken Blanchard Author of many excellent books. “The Secret.”
See the Future
Engage and develop others
Reinvent continuously
Value results and relationships
Embody the values

15. Proponents Barbara Kellerman Author of “Followership”
Current professor of public leadership at Harvard University
“Shooting an Elephant” (George Orwell, 1936)
Followership: Isolate, Bystander, Participant, Activist, Diehard
“Followers are us. This does not, of course, mean that all of us follow all of the time…But all of us follow some of the time. It’s the human condition.”

16. Proponents Others Stephen Covey Peter Block Margaret Wheatly
John Maxwell
Trevor Hall
James Autry
Betsy Myers
Greenleaf Center bibliography:

17. Spark of Leadership

18. Defining Leadership

19. to accomplish a Purpose.
JW’s Definition
A Person
who influences People
to accomplish a Purpose.
Purpose
People
Person
Based on Bruce Wilkinson in his “Leadership Development” training.

20. Individual Definition
Update your definition.
Share with class.

21. Successful Examples of Companies
According to Servant-Leaders Associates

22. Research
Find a company, industry, business, or etc. that exemplifies servant leadership principles.
Designate someone to share with the class who you found.

23. Examples TD Industries Construction
“Great Place to Work” by Fortune magazine

24. Examples The Toro Company Landscaping
2% of pre-tax domestic profits to communities

25. American Family Life Insurance Company
Examples
American Family Life Insurance Company
Founded 1955
Fortune 500

26. Examples REI Outdoor gear Largest consumer co-op

27. Philosophy in Action

28. What Percentage of the iceberg is above the water?
In Action
What Percentage of the iceberg is above the water?

29. In Action
10%
Skill
90%
Character

30. In Action Team Building Know & Be Known Transparent Shared Vision
Group Dynamics
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing

31. In Action Leadership Style Participatory decision making
What Do You Need From Me Today?
Solution-Focused problem solving
Heads Up/Heads Down
Cast Shared Vision
Train, Train, Train

32. In Action
Farmer
Provide
Prepare
Protect
Prop
Prune

33. Conclusion

34. Small Group Review Discuss Advantages and Disadvantages.
Designate someone to share with the class.
Resource:
Questions and Answers about Servant Leadership by Kent M. Keith.

35. Take Away The servant leadership philosophy builds trust.
Trust is the spark of great leadership.
Great leaders serve others.
Serving others is bigger than yourself…you can change the world.

36. Lost Generation?

37. Servant Leadership can Change the World
“Everyone can be great,
Because everyone can serve.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.