Pemimpin jadi Pelayan? | Servant Leadership

Nelson Mandela once said, "A leader is like a rock. He is behind the crowd, letting the most fierce go forward, while the others follow." But they all didn't realize that they were being directed from behind. Hello everyone, my name is Michael. Welcome to my channel, Sikutu Buku.

This time I will discuss about servant leadership.

Maybe if you hear it for a moment, it's like being out of the country. Why are leaders serving? It's not that the leaders have to be served. This perspective is in conflict with what the majority of people are doing. A leader who serves is not a government. A low-minded leader is not arrogant. A leader who always pushes his team to always move forward and work with the best potential.

This approach actually gives positive results for the company. Employees feel heard and their income is considered. No wonder the research proves that employees are 4.6 times more likely to work according to their best abilities. Before we start, for those of you who want to support this channel to keep working, the way is very easy. You just click subscribe and turn on the bell.

Your support really helps us to be able to do routine posting and learn together on this channel. Leaders are often described as strong and influential. Every person is strong and always serves the leader. It is not uncommon for us to see that someone who is considered a boss is always helped by his children. Whether it's someone who helps to carry his bag, open the door, and so on.

But there is another type of leader, servant leadership. Research shows that companies led by people of this type are able to outperform competitors, have a better working environment, and so on.

The leadership that serves is arguably a universal concept because it is rooted in the culture of the East and West. In the East, the scholars refer to Chinese philosophers in the 5th century BC like Lao Tzu, who asserted that when the best leaders finish a task, their team will be the one to do it.

It means that the success of the project is not centered on one person, but on a team. In the modern era, the terminology "servant leader" was first introduced by Robert K. Grandleaf in his essay titled "The Servant as a Leader" in 1970. According to Robert, the idea came from a novel by a German writer titled "Perjalanan ke Timur".

The novel tells about a main character named Leo who acts like a servant and works with a group of truth seekers. Until one day he disappeared and everyone realized that there is no one like him without Leo. And he is not a servant but a leader.

Leo is seen as a servant, but without him, the team feels lost and realizes that Leo is their real leader. He helps everyone and promotes the best potential from each person. Servant leader, as the saying goes, consists of two words: Servant first, then leader. It means that this type of leader has a great motivation to serve within himself.

Maybe it's as simple as this. In traditional organization structure, the CEO and top management are at the top of the pyramid and the lower they are, they are the employees with lower positions, such as managers and regular staff.

Employees with lower positions try to meet their needs and desires. The type of servant leadership is the opposite. Employees and consumers are at the top and leaders are at the bottom. Experts often describe the majority of traditional business leaders as supervisors. Employees are asked to maintain the level of energy they want and as a replacement they receive salaries and benefits.

the leaders who serve move outside the transactional management aspect, and on the contrary, actively try to develop and implement the goals of employees with company missions.

You can see the leader with the spirit of serving from his behavior. How the leader brings himself and interacts with other employees. For example, when the employee just entered. During that phase, a leader with a servant leadership mindset will try to find out how the observation from the new employee is. What are the impressions? Is there anything that can be improved and so on?

This is a gesture when a company, especially the leaders, appreciates the opinion of the employees. It doesn't matter if they are new or old employees, experienced or just graduated. Leaders also always take the time to develop their employees, either through one-on-one sessions or coaching sessions. They see their team as a future leader candidate.

How to become a servant leader? There are a few interesting tips. First, listen a lot. Servant leaders build relationships by listening in depth. Listening with the purpose of understanding, not responding. Even when he doesn't agree with what his team says, servant leaders hold back by not cutting the conversation and wait until the team members finish talking.

This is how a leader understands his team members. He also doesn't hesitate to ask. For example, the employee's performance is declining. A servant leader will ask what is stopping them. Is there anyone who can help? On the other hand, the employee must also be comfortable asking questions to the servant leader without fear of making the situation awkward, disturbed, or threatened.

Second, it's not too strict to give words that are constructive. This is what differentiates a servant leader from other types of leaders. Servant leaders are known as leaders with high empathy. They try as hard as possible to do their job as humanly as possible, not only as a tool to reach the company's target. No wonder that servant leaders don't hesitate to give support or appreciation to employees.

Third, influence, not govern. Persuasion is a part of a great leader. It means that the leader is able to convince others that it is the right way. Interestingly, the team under the leadership of servant leadership does not follow what is said because it is a command. But because it is said by a servant leader.

We have discussed what is a server leader, its benefits, and how to become a leader of that type. But are there any weaknesses in this type of leadership?

Maybe the first one is that this concept is not easy to explain. It is obvious that we have always considered that if we become leaders, it means we are the ones being served, not the other way around. To become a servant leader is not easy either. A leader must have that push inside of him. If not, what is done is only a result of backward manipulation and not sincere.

On the other hand, this leadership style may only make a leader considered weak and unable to make a decision on their own. As a result, the speed of the company in making a decision may be slower, because the leader is more likely to be disappointed if the team members together make a decision.

Please comment in the comments column what you learned when you know this information. Besides that, comment also what information you want to know more about which I will review in the next video. I'm leaving, don't forget to subscribe to the YouTube channel of Siku2Buku. Bye bye!