Servant Leadership is often cast as this glorious process where a servant leader mentors a very grateful follower, helping that person to grow into something wonderful. But we often forget that being a servant often means doing unpleasant and inconvenient things for people that we don’t naturally like and who either don’t appreciate what we’re doing for them or who are a bit needy and clingy.
A buzz phrase these days is “spirituality in the workplace” which is about allowing people to work together with one another to build community, accomplish transcendent goals, and serve their larger communities. Related to all of this are things like servant leadership and “authentic” leadership, where leaders are not about themselves but about being real with employees and demonstrating integrity.
Ultimately, we know that apart from Christ, these goals and dreams will never be realized, but still the world aches for this type of intimacy and connection, and we can show them the “hope that is within us” by demonstrating love for our neighbors—and even our enemies—in the workplace.
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