From Leader to Servant: A Case Approach to Applied Philanthropic Servant Leadership

Servant leadership focuses on the betterment and support of others by seeking to meet the interests, needs, and ambitions of others’ above one’s own. The following paper looks at philanthropy as a catalyst to drive servant leadership behaviors based on situational proximity. The findings of the case study suggest as an individual’s proximity or associativity to current or previous philanthropic event so will their willingness to help support others within similar situations and thus exhibit servant leadership principles.