Servant Leadership Theory

Leadership is in important in any industry, school, and organization to run smoothly and more efficient. In all schools, principals are the primary leader, however, there are many other silent leaders that are assisting and leading in their own way, in either formal or informal leadership. Schools and principals are not mutually exclusive to one theory of leadership, you might see combinations of the different approaches to the school building (Ausburn, 2017). The three leadership theories that will be discussed in the assignment are shared, transformational and servant leaderships.

Shared Leadership

Many people are involved in shared leadership and it implies to be a more cooperative approach and sharing the duties of the school building

In this style of leadership, the leader works toward a needed change, creating an idea to guide the change through inspiration, and executing the change with committed members of a group. The four components of transformational leadership are charisma, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration (Bass, & Steidlmeier, 1999, p.2). These leaders set examples to be emulated and want their assistants to do what is asked of them with the same vigor. Leaders that fit this category inspire the team to work towards the same goal.

Servant Leadership Greenleaf presented the theory of servant leadership in 1970, suggesting servant-leader focuses on the growth and well-being of people and the communities to which they belong (Rezaei, Masmomeh, & Sabet, 2012, p. 71). While traditional leadership generally involves an ultimate leader, servant leadership is different, the servant leader shares power and puts the needs of others first and help develop and perform people. Servant leaders do not exploit the power and control others for their own agenda. This idea is a contrast compared to other modern theories of a leadership of power (Ausburn,

Transformational leader’s attention is directed toward the school and his or her behavior builds follower commitment towards an objective (Bass, & Steidlmeier, 1999). From the research, some transformational leaders could have possibly misuse of power because of the influence they hold over their employees/constituents. While the servant leader’s attention is on the followers and the success of the goals because of the assistant’s outcome (Rezaei, et al., 2012). Shared type distributes leadership in the school, colleagues will lead each other which is different to transformational theory resides predominantly with the principal (Nappi, 2014). All three types of leadership are similar because they are working towards a common goal and that is to provide a safe, positive, and effective environment for students to be