Servant Leadership is about a lot 'of time. Not everyone has heard of, but the concept is a growing number of fans of the game.
Servant leaders are 'must first of its supporters. Instead of bullying and selfish, they put the needs of employees first. The idea is that will motivate them to perform at a higher level and help them realize their full potential, both for their interest and that ofOrganization.
Servant Leadership by Robert Greenleaf in 1970, was born when she read about a group of fellow passengers in a novel by Hermann Hesse. The group had a servant who accompanied them. Eventually, the servant and the group had just collapsed. They fought and lost a sense of collective, coordinated purpose. Greenleaf this led to assume the role of servant of your account and see him as the leader of the group.
The merit of the servant leadershipthat reminds you less of himself. There is no doubt that managers can now self-destruct if they are not highly qualified in the best of others and in promoting cooperation. Leaders who are too competitive or selfish a bad example for everyone below them. We say that it is ok to behave around in a win-lose way with each of you. Until you get what you want, you can watch all the others for themselves. This attitude is a recipefor disaster today's highly integrated organizations. Real teams are a set of individuals to fly every day, whether the activity so that a true joint effort is crucial to success.
In my view, however, the concept of extreme servant. I think that the same measures can the laudable Servant Leadership supporters talking about partnerships between leaders and followers are encouraged. Certainly, the leaders can not meet the needs of followers, if that means for the frontBusiness. What happens if you need to cut some underperforming divisions to keep the whole ship from sinking? Leader must always take difficult decisions, many of which are directly contrary to require their employees.
Moreover, if all the leaders to serve the society must be the shareholders and customers. The needs of these two groups have put before those of workers. To act otherwise, could be a CEO before being unemployed. Some defenders have argued that the Servant Leadershipdoes not help much) Trailers (employees, because they are serving a higher cause. Well, the most high are better to the needs of shareholders and customers, or could be the CEO, to seek work elsewhere . We will also try to understand what it means to be a leader. To say that the leaders have, as one of its properties, the desire to be helpful, not as a rule, actually tells us a lot. The reason for this is to say the same for all professionals, ieDoctors, charity workers, civil servants, etc. In other words, that the service does not tell us much about how leaders differ from other professionals. It 'just too vague and incomplete. To say that the department heads of public servants, is a question much more powerful, but difficult, given the fact that they are truly to defend and share others' needs before those of workers.
Thus, there is something useful for the concept of servant leadership, or not enoughto acknowledge the complex reality of organizational life? I think it's decent idea in some contexts but not in practice in all other situations. To enter into politics to get elected and stay in office, it must respond to the needs of your voters to their supporters. Similarly, if you run a country club or a union, whether members of the constituency, the sun there is a sense, the concept of acting like a servant to their needs. On the other hand, even here there is aDistinction between employees working in these organizations and the work of members, or citizens who choose to be its chairman. They could see members as customers and say that their needs must come back before those of the staff. The usefulness of the concept is still questionable in the private sector, but if a CEO is more clearly to customers and shareholders, first serve.
However, servant leadership is a useful indication of the risk, even in their interestAlso concerned prior to putting your needs the organization and its employees.