Servant Leadership Style Analysis

I have been in several leadership positions over my career and in my opinion the servant type of leadership style is more desirable. With the servant leadership style the leader recognizes the value, the strengths and talents that each employee possesses and looks to use these values, strength and talents toward the advancement of the organization (Borkowski, 2009). The servant style of leadership is one in which the leader takes the time to coach employees in order to give them the resources to accomplish the goals that have been set for the organization (Borkowski, 2009). Finally the leader that chooses to use the servant style of leadership will help set goals and maintain a learning atmosphere by using employee evaluations to help identify …show more content…
I have a nurturing nature and have always seemed to gravitate toward those individuals that are not as confident in their skills as a clinician. As a leader I have been in a position to teach students and train new staff at a couple of the medical centers that I have worked in over the past few years. The feedback I got from my students and staff is that I made them feel at ease and they felt as if they could ask questions without being judged as having a lack of knowledge. After taking the DiSC Classic 2.0 self-assessment I found that the results were very close to my work ethic, and the results showed that I have a high conscientiousness dimension which means that my work shows high level of quality and accuracy (DiSC Classic 2.0., 2013). I found that the assessment interpreted my personality very well, the “D” dimension detailed I am goal-oriented and that is true in my professional life as well as my personal life (DiSC Classic 2.0., …show more content…
The “I” dimension states that I am a realist, like to work as an individual at times, and that I am self-conscious which I found to be a very accurate representation of my personality (DiSC Classic 2.0., 2013). The “s” dimension also was accurate in detailing the one issue I feel that I need to improve upon which is that I can be critical and almost too honest and this is true in my professional and personal life (DiSC Classic 2.0., 2013). Finally the “C” dimension also accurately represents two potential issues that I sometimes find myself struggling with which is the pursuit of perfection and always seeking facts (DiSC Classic 2.0., 2013). The assessment results in the “C” dimension can be seen as assets to an organization but personally they can become an issue when the person is always looking for perfection and questioning the facts of any