Today’s world focuses on what people/organisations can get from others and not what they can give to others and therefore, it is crucial that an aspiring leader serve others to be accepted. However, the process of serving others has to be sustainable for as long as that particular leader is in leadership. Leadership is a choice not a position says Steven Covey author of the best selling book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”. Covey further stipulates that true leadership does not only transform and accomplish goals within the environment but also ensures that the participating people are as well changed for the better. Great leadership comes out of those people whose most important motivation is to serve others. It is for this reason that Spears (2004:7-11) inspired by Robert Greenleaf says that an excellent leader is first experienced as a servant to others.
It is also understood that to be an effective leader qualities of servant-leadership comes first, however, transactional style should not be left out as some followers take their leaders for granted and hence, do not act as expected. It is important to note that leadership either personal or in the corporate world is not a status but one chooses to be a leader. It is for this reason that a leader should be self-motivated and be able to go an extra mile in serving others. Doing so will make the leader to excel because he/she will attract many followers.
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