Servant leadership

This week we talked about servant leadership. I felt that this is important because you must be a servant before you can be a leader. A quote that really caught my attention was

“A servant-leader is a servant 1^st... it begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead” –Robert Greenleaf

I decided to focus on giving service to others this week and see how it benefited my leadership. Some things that I did included helping a friend with a broken car, computer support for a kid in my hall, and just being there for people when they need somebody. In doing these basic things I found that the amount of influence I had on others increased. People were more open to asking for my help and were more likely to come and talk to me. I think this is necessary to being a good leader. When you win over the hearts of the people being a leader is much easier. Service is a great way to gain the trust and strong relationships from others. I'm trying to be like J. Willard Marriott and doing MWBA... or management by walking around. This happens by opening up myself to others and even basically walking door to door and seeing what I can do to help everybody. Service also brings humility and can direct motives in the right direction to lead others in the good way.