%% #📓 #📄 #🔴 %% **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/ --- # 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 --- # Other References TBR:: 🔖Greenleaf, R.K. (1977). *Servant-Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness*. Paulist Press. (GR) ## Tags