welcome back to servant leadership the
deciding difference at the end of lesson
three I asked you to rank your leaders
according to the principles of servant
leadership who embodied the principles
of servant leadership best who has more
work to do to be a servant leader and
where did you rank in your list let's
now review the advantages of servant
leadership because servant leaders
appreciate their team members as special
and unique individuals they are more
likely to embrace and foster diversity
within their work environments viewing
the workplace as a community servant
leaders are recognized that a team is
made stronger through a diverse array of
backgrounds and life experiences it
acknowledges that our differences are
what makes us stronger servant
leadership is built on a philosophy of
coexistence through this lens leadership
is not a position rather organizations
must become centers of learning and
collaboration and we must see the
importance of trust and work to build it
Brett Simmons identified that servant
leadership produce an effect based trust
and followers and that type of trust in
the leader allowed teams to reach the
highest levels of productivity team
members thrive when they believe they
can participate openly and actively
without fear of suffering adverse
personal consequences such as being but
little for their ideas trust must be
earned and Simmons suggests that if a
leader is unhappy with how her team is
performing the leader must take a good
look in the mirror and sure your
leadership is worthy of their trust
servant leadership is a relatively new
concept in the study and practice of
leadership and with it have come some
criticisms some blister at the term
servant leaders as the word servant may
prompt a negative connotation due to its
association with oppressive social
hierarchies especially those associated
with women people of color the word
leader may also carry with it some level
of unfavorable historical baggage
however it is the juxtaposition of
despairing the startling paradox of the
term servant leadership which serves to
prompt new insights servant leadership
has also come under fire for remaining
grounded in philosophical theory and for
lacking empirical evidence while more
research needs to be done there is
significant evidence of the positive
impact that servant leadership can have
namely it reduces leadership stress
strengthens the backbone of the
organizations and pushes individuals for
it the Indianapolis Business Journal
calls servant leadership a dominant
philosophical orientation of our time
the New York Times focused on servant
leadership emphasis on the everyday
power that exists in organizations
similarly Fortune magazine lauded
servant leadership for recognizing the
importance of consensus in achieving
organizational goals working woman
magazine noted the contributions of
servant leadership and getting to the
core of what matters in organizations
servant leadership benefits businesses
nonprofit organizations and public
sector entities in lesson 5 we will
learn how to put this type of leadership
into action