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Servant leadership
Assumptions
The leader has responsibility for the followers.
Leaders have a responsibility towards society and those who are
disadvantaged.
People who want to help others best do this by leading them.
Style
The servant leader serves others, rather than others serving the leader.
Serving others thus comes by helping them to achieve and improve.
There are two criteria of servant leadership:
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The people served grow as individuals, becoming 'healthier, wiser,
more autonomous and more likely themselves to become servants'
(Greenleaf, 1977).
The extent to which the leadership benefits those who are least
advantaged in society (or at least does not disadvantage them).

Principles of servant leadership defined by the Alliance for Servant
Leadership are:
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Transformation as a vehicle for personal and institutional growth.
Personal growth as a route to better serve others.
Enabling environments that empower and encourage service.
Service as a fundamental goals.
Trusting relationships as a basic platform for collaboration and
service.
Creating commitment as a way to collaborative activity.
Community building as a way to create environments in which
people can trust each other and work together.
Nurturing the spirit as a way to provide joy and fulfilment in
meaningful work.

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