Servant-Leadership and Sport Management

[Sebahattin Devecioglu]

Servant-Leadership and Sport Management
Submitted by: Ergun Yurdadon, Ph.D., Chair of Recreation Management,
USSA
Related content: 2003 archives fall volume 11 number 4
The phrase that monks use that for spiritual reading is lectio divina.
Literally, it means divine reading, but it involves a great deal more
than mere reading. It motivates the reader to achieve his/her four
levels of mental activity which are information, knowledge,
understanding and wisdom. The wisdom of leadership is not just what
happens when you are there, it is what happens when you are not there.
Characteristically, leaders must win the trust and respect of their
team members. They excel at empowering task members or employees and
letting them know what they do is important. A successful leader finds
a way to get the job done. She/he is a team player and leads by
example, both personally and professionally. Leaders find, understand,
and share the knowledge. They are good communicators and motivators.
Who could have all of these professional and personal leadership
qualities? Although it sounds like an impossible task to perform and
excel in becoming and being a sports administrator who possesses all
these qualities of information, knowledge, understanding, wisdom,
respect, team player, motivator, and communicator, there is now hope.
That hope is found and developed through the philosophy and practice
of “servant leadership.”
References:http://thesportdigest.com/article/servant-leadership-and-
sport-management