But then, it would be easier for Asian American to live this out: "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant" [Mark 10:42-43]
the bloke
· 4 years ago
Interesting ideas here. As I was reading your post, I kept thinking about the analogy Robert Greenleaf's Servant Leadership model and his reference to Herman Hesse's Journey to the East in which a group of experienced trekkers found that they lost their way and became disoriented, confused and floundered when the lowest member of their group, a servant, became detached from the main group. Only when the servant, Leo, was finally reunited with the group, did they found their way and was able to make more sense of what they were doing. Greenleaf saw in this story an object lesson on what leadership needs to be even (especially) in the business context and coined the phrase (or popularized it in business literature) "Servant Leadership".
In a way, the Asian self-effacing, putting-commmunity-before-self kind of attitude is well suited for just such a style of leadership. So, perhaps as the business community at large embrace servant leadership models as the standard business leadership model, could it be that more Asians are seen as natural servant leaders? Or could it be that as Asians try to be more "aggressive" they may develop traits or characteristics which are antithetical to servant leadership?
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In a way, the Asian self-effacing, putting-commmunity-before-self kind of attitude is well suited for just such a style of leadership. So, perhaps as the business community at large embrace servant leadership models as the standard business leadership model, could it be that more Asians are seen as natural servant leaders? Or could it be that as Asians try to be more "aggressive" they may develop traits or characteristics which are antithetical to servant leadership?