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Comparing and Contrasting Servant and Fellowship Leadership

Servant and fellowship leadership are two key management philosophies that people use in organizations and other social and professional settings to derive results from people in daily interactions. Without leadership, people cannot yield results due to a lack of unity of direction, unity of command, and unclear procedures of what to do, what time, and the main motivation behind being committed. Servant and fellowship leadership heavily borrow from each, but can also be differentiated, mainly based on the leadership settings' application and context.

First, servant and fellowship leadership coincide in that they are both people-centric. Servant leadership is developing subordinates, sharing power, being on the frontline in guiding people united by a common goal. In this case, servant leaders like working closely with their subordinates by being an example of what needs to be done. On the same note, fellowship leadership invests heavily in subordinates in creating a collaborative environment that can allow them to follow their leaders. In this case, leaders facilitate problem-solving and collaboration between different stakeholders. These two leadership philosophies carry this key similarity that enables leadership to unite people for a common goal

However, despite this broad similarity, servant leadership entails deciding what a team needs to...