Daniel M Hurt

Servant leadership is a management style that centers on empathy, listening, and encouraging employees to share their views. This approach can help teams become more engaged and high-performing. Servant leaders also use persuasion and influence to motivate their team members to get on board with a new initiative. They conceptualize plans and look at the bigger picture to help their teams reach their goals. Persuasion is a skill that helps you convince others to agree with your point of view or follow your course of action. It’s a key skill for sales professionals, but it can also be used in other roles. To be a good persuader, you need to have high self-esteem and believe in yourself. You also need to understand how your audience thinks so you can make them feel heard. Another important aspect of persuasion is recognizing the importance of building rapport, which involves getting people to trust you and feel like you have their best interests at heart. This takes time to build, so...

Servant leaders put the well-being and growth of their teams ahead of their own personal goals. Research shows this leadership style can produce favorable individual and organizational outcomes such as enhanced corporate citizenship behaviour, work engagement, organizational commitment and reduced turnover intention. Servant leadership requires time, energy and experience. Empathy is the ability to understand another person’s emotions and thoughts. It is a skill that is crucial to healthy relationships. It is also vital to success in the workplace and with a team of people. Having empathy allows you to relate to others in a way that helps you build trust and respect. There are many different ways to show empathy, but the most important thing is to listen. Active listening means focusing your full attention on the other person and showing that you understand what they are saying. Listening is an important skill that enables a servant leader to communicate effectively. Effective listeni...