Servant Leadership Annotated Bibliography
Within the context of organized behavior, leadership is one of the critical and core aspects. True leadership is decision making, but it is more complex. Leaders are not managers -- but they may manage. Leadership is less formal, more psychological, and effective leadership looks at more of the gray than the black and white and enables others, or other teams, to work well to achieve goals while demonstrating belief in their actions. Servant leadership is a rather modern philosophy and practice of leadership, first defined by Robert Greenleaf, but supported by numerous others. The concept is a change in management style from the authoritarian to the qualities of listening, empathy, healing, persuasion, stewardship, and growth. Essentially, this gives the individual leader authority rather than power (Greenleaf, 2002).
Brown, L.M. And B.Z. Posner. (2001). "Exploring the Relationship Between Learning
And Leadership," Leadership and Organizational Development. May, 2001: 274-80.
Scholarly article that looks at the manner in which the leader must continually learn in order to effectively lead. The relevance to servant leadership focuses on the manner in which the true servant leader acts as a catalyst in the learning paradigm by optimizing the various...
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