what type of training do current corporate leaders need to be motivated for servant leadership style ? is it possible for all business leaders to practice this ?
Dear Faiz,
Servant leadership is not a new concept; its has been around for centuries much before Greenleaf formalized it 70s. It is a leadership concept that claims that leaders should first develop the feeling to serve others and then make a conscious choice to be a leader. Several studies have demonstrated that servant leadership indeed shows positive outcomes in work environment. Improved work environment is good mediator of improved outcomes.
However, leadership is much more complex concept than what servant leadership, or for that matter any other leadership models claim it to be. Just like other leadership models, servant leadership is also not a universal theory that will bring positive outcomes in every situation and every place. Leadership is highly contextual and a successful leader picks and chooses elements from all leadership models which best suits his context.
Thats the reason why it will never be used in EVERY organization around the world in its entirety.
Check the following references to get some ideas.
•Goleman, Daniel, Boyatzis, Richard, & McKee, Annie (2002). Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
•Ehrhart, M. G. (2004). Leadership and procedural justice climate as antecedents of unit-level organizational citizenship behavior. Personnel Psychology, 57, 61–94.
• George, Bill (2003). Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the secrets to Creating Lasting Value. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
•Greenleaf, R. K. (1970). The servant as leader. Newton Centre, MA: The Robert K.
•Greenleaf, R. K. (1977). Servant leadership: A journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness. New York: Paulist Press
•Hesse, Hermann (1956). The Journey to the East. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. [Book that inspired Robert Greenleaf]
•Hu, J., & Liden, R. C. (2011). Antecedents of team potency and team effectiveness: An examination of goal and process clarity and servant leadership. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 851-862.
•Liden, R.C., Panaccio, A., Meuser, J.D., Hu, J., & Wayne, S.J. (in press). Servant leadership: Antecedents, processes and outcomes. In Day, D.V. (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Leadership and Organizations. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
•Liden, R.C., Wayne, S.J., Liao, C., & Meuser, J.D. (2014). Servant leadership and serving culture: Influence on individual and unit performance. Academy of Management Journal.
•Liden, R.C., Wayne, S.J., Zhao, H., & Henderson, D. (2008). Servant leadership: Development of a multidimensional measure and multilevel assessment. Leadership Quarterly, 19, 161-177.
•Neubert, M. J., Kacmar, K. M., Carlson, D. S., Chonko, L. B., & Roberts, J. A. (2008). Regulatory focus as a mediator of the influence of initiating structure and servant leadership on employee behavior. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 1220-1233.
•Peterson, S., Galvin, B. M., & Lange, D. (2012). CEO servant leadership: Exploring executive characteristics and firm performance. Personnel Psychology, 65, 565-596.
•Schaubroeck, J., Lam, S. S. K., & Peng, A. C. (2011). Cognition-based and affect-based trust as mediators of leader behavior influences on team performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 863-871.
Thanks a lot Noman and Tae-Yeol for detail. I will check the references provided above.
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