Barbra Kingsley Servant-leadership

“I see it as something latent in the individual to be fulfilled. It is the seed of what is uniquely each person. Providing the conditions for its germination, emergence, and growth is the search” (Greenleaf, 2003, p. 115).

Servant-leaders grow through the sharpened judgment that comes from authentic interaction with others (p. 76).

Followers grow through the interaction, attention, and guidance provided by the servant-leader.

Skills Strengths

Talents

Gifts

Who we are What

makes us

special

Identifies what is “uniquely us”

Identifies the basic orientation for how we deal with the world

Honors that we are different in how we choose to make meaning Spears &

When you look at the picture, what do you see?

Introversion

Intuition

Thinking

Judging

Extraversion

Sensing

Feeling

Perceiving

I/E

N/S

T/F

J/P

Identifies our basic preferences for interacting in the world

Designed to help individuals understand how they relate to the world

Created not to categorize but to recognize individual gifts Spears

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Our preferences can affect what we see

…and can limit our ability to address all sides of the issue

By engaging those with different preferences

…we see more, anticipate more, and experience more!

Allowing others to do things differently

Creating a place for creative tension between approaches

Using individual preferences to strengthen the whole

Recognizing that there are different ways of being and seeing

Honoring what makes each person unique

Allowing people to use their gifts instead of stifling them

Growing autonomous beings and not “clones”

Ensuring that MBTI doesn’t lapse into categories or stereotypes

Using strong preferences yet developing weak ones

Allowing others to change and flourish

Do those served grow as persons; do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants(Greenleaf, 1977, p. 27).

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