get the full respect they deserve.
The best way to be an epitome of good leadership is to put yourself in the shoes(situation) of your objective(followers) because if you've never been in a public transport: there's certainly no
way you can solve any problem pertaining to public transportation, "knowledge don't make a man but experience does"; which inculcate that if you don't know how it look like to be poor, it'll be hard for you to be solvent[discover to recover.]
"Fear-driven people often miss great opportunities because they are afraid to venture out. Instead they play it safe, avoiding risks and trying to maintain the status quo.
Fear is a self imprisonment that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be." - Pastor Rick Warren.
It's time to come out of your shell/comfort zone and show the World what you can do...
3 Traits of a servant leader
A great leader once said “he, who desires to be a leader amongst his peers, should first of all serve them.”
The father of servant leadership, as many have called him, Robert K. Greenleaf described a servant leader as one who is committed to helping others grow.
It therefore proves that leadership is not about the position you occupy, but the impact you have made on others using your influence.
According to Dr. Kent M. Keith, Greenleaf’s philosophy of servant leadership states: "The servant-leader is servant first... It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions... The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Between them there are shadings and blends that are part of the infinite variety of human nature.
The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant-first to make sure that other people's highest priority needs are being served. The best test, and difficult to administer, is: Does those people served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?And, what is the effect on the least privileged in society? Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived?"
It is important to add here, that to be able to effectively serve their people, leaders have to master themselves first.
Servant leadership is not about acting like a slave or debasing yourself as a leader. It is about leaving the people or organisation better than they met you.
Some successful leaders who have committed themselves to the life-long philosophy of servant leadership exhibit these 3 traits in common.
1. They have nothing to prove: They do not seek to hold on to power or desire to be in the limelight.
They never fight to project their self-worth. Rather, they project the potentials of the people who they lead.
2. They have nothing to lose: There is no personal agenda tied to any effort put in place to help people. They have emptied themselves into the lives of others.
They are people with healthy self-esteem who are not afraid of losing their position.
3. They have nothing to hide: These set of people delight themselves in teaching their followers all they know.
They create room for their team members to grow and become like them. Their desire is to develop, not to envelope and control.
People do not care how much you know, they only want to know how much you care.
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