Abstract
The main objective of the article is to examine the leadership style through a number of analyses, evaluations and researches from available sources, in order to discover suggested facts related to leadership activities through the prisms of servant leadership theory. So far, many leadership theories have been developed, proposing different leadership styles. One of the most discussed leadership styles is the servant leadership, which implies that a person must be human first, leader second. Every leader must whole heartedly serves an organization to which he/she belongs. This is both an honor and a great responsibility for the leader. The main methods used in the article are analysis, synthesis, evaluation based on literature review. The article aims to point out the outstanding strengths of the servant leadership style that a leader needs. The article focuses on specifying the strengths in servant leadership that leaders need in the current context of ever changing world, and hence, proposes guidelines for leaders to learn and practice so that they can better serve their public organizations. Doi: 10.28991/esj-2021-01273 Full Text: PDF
Highlights
Leadership has become increasingly difficult, complex, and multifaceted for organizations of all types around the globe, posing new questions and challenges related to identifying the type of leader is the most suitable, but this is extremely difficult in the context of the fast changing world, unpredictable developments, the leadership style has become very effective [1]
A servant leadership style is becoming increasingly popular and can enable leadership to adapt in many different cultures [10]
Crippen [20] analyzes the role of servant leaders in inclusive education, Omoh [22], on the presence of servant leaders as public university presidents, Irving và Longbotham [23, 24] analysing leadership effectiveness of servant leadership styles, Dingman [25] studies the role of servant leaders in planning for leadership, Stephen [26] conducts a test on public university presidents' perceptions of servant leadership and affirms leadership as a successful leadership style, university rectors
Summary
There are many ways to classify leadership styles: leadership based on trait theory -personality, and cognitive qualities help a leader succeed in leadership; theory of skills - knowledge and skills to be an effective leader; case theory - a specific situation to determine the applied leadership style; contingency theory - leadership effectiveness depends on appropriate leadership styles for situations; goal theory - the path, the leader's ability to inspire, share with subordinates to achieve the desired goal; transaction theory, focusing on communication and setting expectations for leadership outcomes; transformation theory, discussing the ability of leaders to engage and connect with subordinates so that they achieve maximum results, and servant leadership theory – leaders as the first servant, who leads and generates motivations for the development of the organization [1]. The article will focus on analyzing and interpreting issues around servant leadership, an issue that has gained attention in recent years, because it is believed to be capable of creating positive results. Never before has the discussion of serving leadership styles been the focus of the current broad discussion of leadership styles. Leadership has become increasingly difficult, complex, and multifaceted for organizations of all types around the globe, posing new questions and challenges related to identifying the type of leader is the most suitable, but this is extremely difficult in the context of the fast changing world, unpredictable developments, the leadership style has become very effective [1]. According to Gandolf [2] up to now, the servant leadership style has appeared for more than 40
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