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The leadership framework is built on the theory of servant leadership, which defines the servant leader as a person who is intrinsically driven to improve the lives of others. And the conscious choice to put others' interests first - to serve first - brings one to aspire to lead.
Servant leadership was coined by the late Robert Greenleaf in 1970. In his essay on The Servant as Leader, he suggested that the servant leader is one who makes sure that other people's highest priority needs are being served. To determine whether one is a servant leader, we can ask the following questions:
Do those served grow as persons? Do they become healthier, wiser, more autonomous and more likely to become servant leaders themselves?
What is the effect on the least privileged in the society / community setting? Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived?
In The Case for Servant Leadership by Kent M. Keith (2012), he described servant leaders as simply people who are focused on serving others. They love people and derive meaning and satisfaction in life through helping others. Servant leaders therefore seek to identify and meet the needs of others.Â
Do you know why the people below are well known servant leaders of their time?
Mahatma Gandhi
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mother Teresa
Nelson Mandela
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