Equipping Public Sector Servant Leaders

Servant leadership as a philosophy and mindset are timeless. First given a name and theoretical structure by Robert Greenleaf in his 1970 work "The Servant as Leader," the construct is defined well in Greenleaf's "Best Test."

 

We believe that most public servants have a natural desire to serve. Having this serve-first mindset is critical to servant leadership, but the philosophy requires both service and leadership. Larry C. Spears, in his valuable work "Character and Servant Leadership" outlines ten characteristics of Servant Leadership: