at2016 parenting as a servant leadership

Yashasree Barve,

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Parenting as

Servant Leadership

Agenda

Servant Leadership

Parenting

How do they relate

A story and history…

Robert K. Greenleaf

Core Concepts

THE NATURAL DESIRE

THE CONSCIOUS CHOICE

THE BEST TEST

Servant leadership is a

philosophy and set of

practices that enriches the

lives of individuals, buildsbetter organizations and

ultimately creates a more just and

caring world.

Time to bust Myths

A servant-leader is a weak leader who “follows” the dictates and ideas of others.

Servant leadership does not work because people cannot be trusted.

Servant leadership can’t be effective because it cedes too much power to employees.

Qualities of the Servant Leader

1: Values diverse opinions

2: Cultivates a culture of trust

3: Develops other leaders

4: Helps people with life issues

5: Encourages

6: Sells instead of tells

7: Thinks you, not me

8: Thinks long-term

9: Acts with humility

Activity Time

This exercise is a forcing function

• to get participants to reflect on the subject of servant leadership from their own contexts,

• to help them better understand this information.

5

min

Parenting

Parenting or child rearing is the

process of promoting and

supporting the physical,

emotional, social, financial, and

intellectual developmentof a child from infancy to

adulthood.

Parenting Styles

Develops other leaders

Non-interference that is intended to

benefit someone or something more than continual attention would

Encourages

Excellence & Creative Dissatisfaction

Values diverse opinions

Sells, not tells

Listening

Retrospectives

In conclusion

• Servant leadership is about focusing on other people's needs – not their feelings. Don't

avoid making unpopular decisions or giving team members negative feedback when this is needed.

• Use it alongside styles like Transformational Leadership, where you develop an inspiring vision of the future, motivate people to deliver

this, manage its implementation, and build an ever-stronger team.

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Further Reading

SOURCE: Source

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-QBqVFHXfI

• http://www.slideshare.net/dsclibrarydaytona/mercedes-pp-servant-leadership-revised-102412-14903368

• https://www.greenleaf.org/

• https://www.starkstate.edu/public/system/uploads/files/Student-Life/Servant-LeadershipPowerPoint.pdf