Servant Leadership Week 3 WJ Patterson MGT 424 – Senior Seminar in Management

Foundational Question Are Effective Leaders Born or Developed?

“ Leadership is developed, not discovered” John Maxwell Developing the Leader Within

How do you define Leadership? Influence How does one gain influence? By serving others!!!!!

Elements of Servant Leadership Servant (Focus on Others) Care About, Love, Nurture Make a conscious choice to view and treat others as you would want to be treated Look for good in all people Be patient and forgiving Consider individuals and their interests as important See situations from the other’s perspective, empathize and accept

Elements of Servant Leadership Servant ( Focus on Others) Build Relationships, Teams & Community Connect with people Learn names/establish rapport Think the best of everyone Consider relationships important Invest time in relationship building Listen actively and build self esteem Take in information, ask questions and work to understand Identify common ground Get to know other’s situations, motivations and emotions Be authentic about your own struggles (be vulnerable)

Elements of Servant Leadership Servant (Focus on Others) Enable others to Succeed The natural outcome of caring and relationships Understand people by slowing down and being fully present with them Seek to identify and serve the most profound (highest priority) needs Make decisions and take actions with followers needs in mind Help, teach, support, mentor, coach Communicate and be persuasive Empower Provide suggestions that challenges and grow a persons skill Acknowledge and reward strengths Accept some risk (and even failure) as a part of development Encourage and reward

Elements of Servant Leadership Leadership (Personal Development & Initiative) Know your Strengths, Weaknesses, Values, Beliefs Identify your mission and guiding principles Reflect on your values, performance, strengths, weaknesses Recognize where you need to grow and develop Have the courage to stand for something and the integrity to carry it through

Elements of Servant Leadership Leadership (Personal Development & Initiative) Learn (continually) from every possible source Authors Mentors/Role Models Experiences – your own and others Successes and failures Feedback – sought out and welcomed from others Develop in all areas Build self esteem

Elements of Servant Leadership Leadership (Personal Development & Initiative) Proactively set the Course, Navigate, & Lead the Way Chart a course that will lead to success Based on Competence, judgment and past experiences Motivated by a sincere desire to help others (even ahead of personal gain) Using intuition-gathering information and reading people and situations Using one’s senses to be fully present, alert and aware Seeing more than others, seeking farther and seeking before others see Be innovative Value input and be adaptive Underpinned by a strong faith in abilities of those who will carry it out Providing the ideology and the structure to succeed Wiling to lead the way, set the example, take the risk, be the role model (with self-discipline and integrity) and bring others along

Questions to consider How often have you made a conscious effort to Care About, Love and Nurture others in the following ways: Giving sincere and specific compliments? Making a conscious choice to view and treat others, even those who may be difficult to deal with, as someone you like and care about? Sincerely wanting others to succeed? Seeing situations from the perspective of others, appreciating other’s strengths

Questions to consider? How often have you made a conscious effort to Build Relationships, Teams and Community? Getting to know others motives and situations? Investing time in relationship building? Successfully handling tough issues by asking for honest sharing of thoughts and active listening? Being authentic about your own struggles?

Questions to Consider How often have you made a conscious effort to Enable others to Succeed? Understanding people and their needs by slowing down and being fully present with them? Seeking to identify and serve the most profound (highest priority) of others Looking for the strengths in people and finding ways for them to use their strengths? Recognizing the blind spots of others and providing non- judgmental assistance and support

Questions to Consider How often have you made a conscious effort to Know your Strengths, Weaknesses, Values and Beliefs Identifying a personal mission and guiding principles, and review actions against them? Reflecting on personal values, performance, strengths in an effort to improve Recognizing my own needs and seeking support from others Recognizing emotions and their efforts on others and making an effort to control them

Questions to Consider How often have you made a conscious effort to Grow and Develop Setting goals for my personal development and taking the steps to achieve them? Learning by reading/researching, practicing, reflecting, and accepting feedback? Learning from personal experience and observing others? Reinforcing what is learned by sharing it with someone else?

Questions to Consider How often have you made a conscious effort to Proactively set the course, navigate and lead Putting successes of others and of the organization ahead of my own? Seeing and sharing the “big picture”, or vision, of what can be accomplished Establishing realistic goals and the structure and organization necessary to succeed? Being willing to lead the way, set the example, take the risk, be the role model and bring others along?

Conclusion Leadership is Developed

Conclusion Leadership is Developed Leadership is influence. Serving others is the key to influence.

Conclusion Leadership is Developed Leadership is Influence. Serving others is the key to influence. How will you take what you have learned from this lesson and become more proactive in your leadership development?

Conclusion Leadership is Developed Leadership is Influence. Serving others is the key to influence. How will you take what you have learned from this lesson and become more proactive in your leadership development? Will you strive to be a Servant-Leader?