Foresight is the power of foreseeing what will be needed in the future. It’s certainly among the cardinal virtues of servant leadership. Indeed, Robert K. Greenleaf, who coined the term “servant leadership” in his foundational 1970 essay, The Servant as Leader, said that foresight is the key to being – and remaining – a leader: […]
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Stewardship is the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care – including power. In the workplace, power is of two kinds. The first kind is positional power. It’s the authority one derives from the organizational hierarchy and company rules. Positional power includes the formal power to give rewards and punishments. The second
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We tend to take for granted that servant-leaders are humble. In the servant leadership literature, humility seems to be the virtue most frequently mentioned. But why is humility so important? That’s a question not always answered. As I think about it, here are 4 reasons humility is a cardinal virtue of servant leadership. Humility is about
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