In Larry Spears\u2019 article, Character and Servant Leadership: Ten Characteristics of Effective, Caring Leaders, <\/i>he talks about a shift from the emphasis on an autocratic model of leadership towards an emphasis on servant leadership. Spears talks about businesses and not-for-profit organizations specifically, but I wonder if this concept can apply to a bigger scale. Although I am not sure when this article was published, I think it is really interesting to look at how this idea is playing out in American politics today. In comparing Barack Obama and Donald Trump\u2019s presidencies, one might argue that Obama exemplifies servant leadership while Trump represents autocratic leadership. Why, then, did we shift away from servant leadership with the election of Trump? What was servant leadership lacking?<\/p>\n
I also found it interesting how similar the \u201cSix Pillars of Character\u201d outlined by Spears are to the \u201cBig Six Traits\u201d of Big C Charisma. The six pillars of character are trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. Likewise, the big six of charisma are emotional expressiveness, enthusiasm and drive, eloquence, vision, confidence, and responsiveness. Another overlap between character and charisma is that fact that their respective traits can be taught and learned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Larry Spears\u2019 article, Character and Servant Leadership: Ten Characteristics of Effective, Caring Leaders, he talks about a shift from the emphasis on an autocratic…<\/p>\n