Servant Leadership as a Framework for Organizational Change.

Baldomir, Joel; Hood, Julia P.

This article presents servant leadership as an ideal leadership approach for introducing and implementing change within the context of organizations. Barbuto and Wheeler's (2006) five factors of servant leadership and Lewin's (1958) three-step change model are used to develop a framework for organizational change. Through the application of servant leadership, organizational leaders may be better equipped to prepare their followers for change and to guide their followers through the change process. Although change in organizations is unavoidable, servant leaders can avoid unnecessary resistance to change by understanding the importance of altruistic calling in their leadership practices and allowing this attribute to propel the change process.

LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL change; SERVANT leadership

International Leadership Journal, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 1, p27

1944-7426

Academic Journal