Character and Servant Leadership: Ten Characteristics of Effective, Caring Leaders

By Larry C. Spears. 2010

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Do Ethical, Authentic, and Servant Leadership Explain Variance Above and Beyond Transformational Leadership? A Meta-Analysis (2018, background): “On the basis of Greenleaf’s writings, Spears (2010) identified 10 characteristics of servant leaders, including listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of others, and building community.”
A Systematic Literature Review of Servant Leadership Theory in Organizational Contexts (2012, background): “He served for 17 years as the head of the Greenleaf Center, has authored more than 10 books on servant leadership, and in 2008 established the Larry C. Spears Center for Servant Leadership, Inc. (Spears Center 2011).”
The Functions of a Servant Leader (2017, background): “Listening was described as a deep commitment of a leader to listen actively and respectfully [17,41,54], by asking questions to create knowledge [54,55], providing time for reflection and silence [17], and being conscious of what is unsaid [17,52].”