{"id":1501,"date":"2023-09-12T22:13:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2024-06-02T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T19:58:10","slug":"seven-practices-of-servant-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/seven-practices-of-servant-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Practices of Servant Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Say Yes to <a href=\"sayyestochildcare.org\/academy\">Childcare\u2019s ECE Servant Leaders Academy<\/a>, we believe early childhood educators and caregivers are on a path of servant leadership, which is the noblest of all styles of leadership. In this article, we review 7 main practices of servant leaders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Service vs. Leadership Orientation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Servant leaders always remember the primacy and supremacy of providing service above all and everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am first a servant, second a leader)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Listening:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Servant leaders learn and practice to listen deeply and attentively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am listening to you! Tell me more.\u201d \u201cI listen and listen again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Empathy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Servant leaders develop and demonstrate empathy for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI see your humanity and show care for your pain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. Healing:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Servant leaders do their best to heal the pain and wounds of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow can I help and heal you within my capacity?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5. Community and Circle Orientation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Servant Leaders believe in the community and the circle of humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am a contributing and caring member of the community. Someone cared for me so that I can grow and become independent. It\u2019s now my turn to show care for others so they can grow and become independent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6. Conceptualizing a Hopeful Vision:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Servant leaders are thoughtful, develop plans and ideas for a better future for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI visualize and plan for a future of peace, prosperity, and progress for all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7. Stewardship:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Servant leaders are keepers of resources and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe in eliminating waste, abuse, and misuse of resources and nature. I believe in preserving nature and living in harmony with planets and animals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information and training opportunities, please contact Hamid Akbari, Ph.D., Director of <a href=\"sayyestochildcare.org\">ECE Servant Leader Teachers Academy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Say Yes to Childcare\u2019s ECE Servant Leaders Academy, we believe early childhood educators and caregivers are on a path of servant leadership, which is the noblest of all styles of leadership. In this article, we review 7 main practices of servant leaders: 1. Service vs. Leadership Orientation: Servant leaders always remember the primacy and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academy-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayyestochildcare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}