Servant leadership is often based on Christian principles, although this is not required. It is a leadership concept that is designed to show that a leader can be a steward for the company, lead by example, help others, and not have to use any of the more 'heavy handed' leadership styles. While the servant leadership style is more often employed by women, men are becoming increasing more aware of (and more interested in) this particular style, because it seems to work well. The easiest way to show what servant leadership is would be to discuss the work of Stephen Covey, as he advocates this style in "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" and many other books.
Even though Stephen Covey is seen by many to be extremely important when it comes to management and effective individuals Covey himself appears to be somewhat scattered and disorganized. This is not actually true but Covey is simply extremely busy and spends so much time working that many of his associates and other individuals do not understand how he can keep up such a frantic pace. He has built a very strong business and most of it lies on the idea of moral transformation. This is one of the main things that Covey discusses in many different ways throughout the books that he has written, and it is also seen in many other discussion of the servant leadership style. This applies to not only individuals but to businesses, families, and others that are interested in learning more about themselves and how to be more effective in life. This effectiveness is something that is definitely needed when it comes to aviation weather services, because right now there are still problems that are being seen. Whether the FAA can take care of and correct these remains to be seen, but it is not likely that the difficulties will be corrected if the FAA has the same old style of leadership that has been used by all sorts of companies for years. In...
Also, technology is changing so strongly that many of the older models for corporate behavior that were previously used are disappearing and therefore many individuals in the workplace today are feeling relatively insecure about their jobs and the way that they do things. This has prompted a stronger search for meaning at the office and in the personal lives of many individuals and because of this so many books and ideas have been created that have looked at total quality management in many different ways. These include everything from empowerment to mission statements to service leadership to stewardship to New Age training for managers.
Now, however, many younger managers, both male and female, are seeing the benefits of the servant leadership style. There are not many drawbacks to this particular style, either, with the main one being that most leaders find it very difficult to 'serve' their employees, feeling as though they are not as 'in charge' as they otherwise would be - when really the opposite is true. Those that use the servant leadership style are more in charge, both of themselves and of their companies, than those that use other leadership styles. Whether a governmental entity such as the FAA can realize and adopt this where aviation weather services are concerned, however, is not known. It is something that is worthy of consideration and should be addressed, however, since the author believes that allowing the FAA to take over is really the only way to salvage the aviation weather services industry from the problems that it currently faces and to protect the future of the flying public.
