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Purpose:

 The SBB Servant Leadership Judgment Inventory was developed to assess individual and peer evaluated moral values associated with character driven servant leadership. 

Description:

A servant leader is one who serves first, rather than wanting power, influence, fame, or wealth.[1]  Servant in this case refers to St. Paul’s usage of the word, meaning under rower.  In St. Paul’s period of Roman dominance, galley ships were propelled by galley slaves.  They were the under rowers who keep the galleys moving.  St. Paul envisioned a servant leader as one who is “equal” to all of the workers, all of the individuals within the organization.  A servant “under” rows for the good of all. We have chosen this description servant to match what we believe are the necessary and sufficient quality of leaders of character.   A servant leader is one who leads for the good of all, and not for the good of self.  We also believe that a true servant leader has specific traits of character that support their “under” rowing mission:  (1) A servant leader has an honorable nature, they are truthful with a strong sense of knowing the right. (2) A servant leader’s mission is to serve, to help, to assist, to give, and to share.  (3) A servant leader inspires others to “do the right”, and to lead honorable lives.  (4) A servant leader has a plan of action, an honorable plan of action, and that plan can be understood by others.  (5) A servant leader is courageous for the right and courageous to do the right.

The SBB Servant Leadership Judgment Inventory is divided into two parts.  (1) The SBB SELF Servant Leadership Judgment Inventory, and (2) The SBB PEER Servant Leadership Judgment Inventory.  The two parts are to be used as a teaching and coaching tool to help young people develop into leaders.  Each individual is to take the SELF inventory, and then the group is to rate each other with the PEER inventory.  The data from the self inventory is compared with that of the peer group evaluation.  The coach is to use the information from the inventories to help athletes understand what values the athlete needs to work on developing servant leadership.