1. Values people by (a) believing in people, (b) serving other's needs before his or her own, and by (c) receptive, non-judgmental listening.

2. Develops people by (a) providing opportunities for learning and growth, (b) modeling appropriate behavior, and by (c) building up others through encouragement and affirmation.

3. Builds community by (a) building strong personal relationships, (b) working collaboratively with others, and by (c) valuing the differences of others.

4. Displays authenticity by (a) being open and accountable to others, (b) a willingness to learn from others, and by (c) maintaining integrity and trust.

5. Provides leadership by (a) envisioning the future, (b) taking initiative, and by (c) clarifying goals.

6. Shares leadership by (a) facilitating a shared vision, (b) sharing power and releasing control, and by (c) sharing status and promoting others.

“Servant-leadership is a state of mind, a philosophy of life, a way of being.”

“Servant-leadership is an understanding and practice of leadership that places the good of those led over the self-interest of the leader. Servant-leadership promotes the valuing and development of people, the building of community, the practice of authenticity, the providing of leadership for the good of those led and the sharing of power and status for the common good of each individual, the total organization and those served by the organization. (Laub, 1999, p. 83)”

Some Basic Assumptions of Servant-leadership

• Servant-leadership is a way of being in the world; a world view out of which responsible actions are done;
• Servant-leadership is a relational philosophy


• Servant-leadership involves caring and nurturing human fulfillment


• As an extension of humanity servant-leaders care for and nurture organizational fulfillment, and community fulfillment


• Servant-leadership assumes human and organizational development and transformation
  Servant-leaders nurture transcendence


• Servant-leadership is a moral form of leadership


• Servant-leaders promote developing leaders and shared leadership


• Servant-leaders work from dependence to independence towards interdependence
  Servant-leadership engages the whole person drawing on intellectual intelligence,


• Emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence


• Servant-leadership is universally applicable


• Servant-leaders work towards congruity of thought, word, relationship and deed in all aspects of our lives