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Robert Greenleaf defined Servant Leadership through his writings and his life. Our definition of a Servant-Leader constellates his key insights and, in some cases, expands upon them:

“A Servant-Leader is a person of character who puts people first. He or she is a skilled communicator, a compassionate collaborator who has foresight, is a systems thinker, and leads with moral authority.”

We have organized these major qualities and competencies of a Servant-Leader into the Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership.

-Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership

Robert Greenleaf said that “Everything begins with the individual,” and that’s where the Seven Pillars begin—with individual beliefs, attitudes and competencies. But our research has shown that each of the Pillars is also expressed institutionally in organizations that follow the principles of Servant Leadership.