Servant leadership: An introduction

Within a few short years, our view on what accounts for good leadership has changed dramatically. The ideal of a heroic, hierarchical-oriented leader with primacy to shareholders has quickly been replaced by a view on leadership that gives priority to stewardship, ethical behaviour and collaboration through connecting to other people. Never before has the call been louder for leadership that is virtuous, while followers seek leaders who lead with behaviours that do not ignore them, but embrace them as whole individuals. [...]

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