By following this path, this leader is seen by all members of the organization and team to be ethically motivated. Rather, the servant leader places the needs of others-subordinate and senior-first and simultaneously maintains a focus on the result, or mission, of the organization and team. In this way, when Soldiers become leaders, they do not place themselves or their needs first. By first becoming a servant, a Soldier follows, later choosing a path to become a leader and an NCO. In his essay, Greenleaf said that a servant leader is a person who chooses first to be a servant (This sounds a great deal like an NCO, especially when considered with the Oath of Enlistment and the Soldiers’ Creed). This can be documented in early Chinese writings: “The sage has no invariable mind of his own he makes the mind of the people his mind,” Lao Tzu wrote in Tao Te Ching. The idea of the servant leader can be traced back even further-more than 2000 years-to China. Robert Greenleaf wrote the essay, “The Servant as Leader,” in 1970, which focuses on the areas of ethics and ethical leadership. The term servant leadership has been in use since Dr. Servant leadership is one of many approaches to leader development. This is reconfirmed in the Soldiers’ Creed, which says, “I will serve the people of the United States and live the Army Values.” Through these acts you have chosen to become first a servant, and through time-in-service and increases in responsibility, an NCO and a servant leader. They support the nation, your leaders and your subordinates through your service. With the swearing of that oath, you enter into a sacred agreement to support the nation. As I walked back to my position off the perimeter, I thought about how our grizzled platoon sergeant was always taking care of us and hoped, when it was my turn, I would do so as well.Įach and every noncommissioned officer who sustains the Army of this nation has taken an oath. He smiled and waved me off to also get some sleep. “They (the platoon leader, radio operator, fire support specialist and medic) need the sleep more than I do. “Nah, I’ll wake the platoon leader in a little while and rack out then,” he said. Johnson, have you had any rest yet?” I asked. I gave him the report and he said that he would let the platoon leader know what I reported when he woke up later.
He motioned me down, placed a finger to his lips (for me to be quiet) and asked for the report. 1st Class Larry Johnson, was manning the radios, both the company network and the fires network, and was the only person awake at the position. When I arrived, my platoon sergeant, Sgt. In the fall of 1989 at Fort Campbell, Ky., I was a patrol leader returning from a night reconnaissance patrol when I went to the platoon command post to submit my patrol report.
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