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**Title:** Character and Servant Leadership: Ten Characteristics of Effective, Listening Leaders
**Author:** [[Larry Spears]]
**Citation:** Spears, L. (2022, May 17). *Character and servant leadership: Ten characteristics of effective, listening leaders* [Class handout]. Blackboard. https://learn.gonzaga.edu/
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# Abstract ~ 3 Sentence Summary
# Structure
# Notes & Important Ideas
### Servant-Leadership and Character
- The [[servant-leader]] is a servant first, born from a natural feeling of wanting to serve.
- [[servant-leadership|Servant-leadership]] comes from a conscious choice to aspire to lead.
### Ten Characteristics of a Servant-Leader
1. [[listening]]
- Communication and decision-making skills need to be reinforced by a "deep commitment to listening intently to others" (para. 9).
- Servant-leader must listen carefully to what is said and unsaid to identify and clarify the will of a group.
- Also must listen to one's own inner voice. Self-listening and reflection are essential to one's growth and well-being.
2. [[empathy]]
- Servant-leader must strive to understand and empathize with others.
- Assume positive intent #todo/link
- [ ] link to YOLB Assume Positive Intent training
- The most successful servant-leaders are skilled at [[empathetic listening]].
3. healing
4. awareness
- Awareness, especially [[self-awareness]], strengthens the [[servant-leader]]
- Allows one to view most situations from an integrated and holistic position
5. persuasion
6. conceptualization
7. [[foresight]]
8. stewardship
9. commitment to the growth of people
10. building community
- Not an exhaustive list, but they illustrate the power of servant-leadership.
- All of these characteristics can be enhanced through learning and practice.
# Connections to Other Materials
# Personal Reflection & Application
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# Other References
TBR:: 🔖Greenleaf, R.K. (1977). *Servant-Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness*. Paulist Press. (GR)
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