Leadership Styles: Servant Leadership

Leadership is the ability to rally a group of people together and persuade them to take a stand for a specific purpose or cause.  Northhouse (2013) stated that "leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal" (p.6).  There are many different types of leadership styles and theories.  Leadership is a form of power because it requires people to submit or be swayed to a particular position.  It can be used in both healthy and unhealthy ways.  We see examples of that with Enron, WorldCom, and the music industry with lascivious messages that are sent to youth.  One must define the type of leader they want to be and exhibit the qualities and characteristics of that style.  Join us today as we will talk about Servant Leadership.

Northouse, P.G. (2013). Leadership: Theory and practice. (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA:Sage Publications