Margaret walked around to see if anyone was left out or crying. She always helped tie shoes, or put on coats, or clean up. She would smile and tell us to thank her by remembering to help others. I think of her all the time, even now. Boy, I hope I am like her.
Servant leadership inspires servant leadership.
The lives of exemplary leaders inspire others to become like them. Barry Delbarton began picking up garbage from neighborhood sidewalks every Saturday morning in 1997. One year later, almost forty people a week, on average, hit the streets with garbage bags. This is not an exhaustive or precise list. It does, however, remind us that there are now, and have always been, a variety of leadership styles at work in a given time and place.