GREENLEAF'S STYLE OF SERVANT-LEADERSHIP COMPARED TO THE STYLES OF CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL THEORISTS (COVEY, SCHEIN, & BASS)

Morality and ethics are two instrumental facets within academia. Often however, with increasing federal, state, and local mandates, educational administration loses sight of these two criteria (Kowalski, 2008). Greenleaf (2010/1977), countering this dilemma, established a visionary leadership-style known as Servant-Leadership, wherein the leader humbled himself to the status of serving others holistically within the applicable environment (Greenleaf,2003; Spears, 2004). His model of leadership incorporated guidance and fellowship. This paper will compare his model of Servant- Leadership to three educational/ organizational leaders of our current era: Covey's conscious versus ego, Schein's clarity of vision and the culture of the environment, and Bass' empowerment as individual consideration.