Servative Leadership DocumentAlthough servant leadership is often associated with the Bible and Jesus Christ, it is fully compatible with most religions and philosophical theories. This statement is very apt to the point under discussion. Using Greenleaf's characteristics of servant leadership against the religious philosophy of Buddhism and transformational leadership style, an attempt is made to prove the point. James McGregor Burns, a well-known leadership thinker, first introduced the concept of transformational leadership in his famous work “Leadership”. According to the definition, transformational leadership is a process in which leaders and their teams support each other towards higher levels of morality and motivation." The following characteristics of the leadership style make it synonymous with the ideals of a servant leader who with his emotional intelligence and empathy encourages members of his team to achieve their goals • The style boasts integrity and fairness with timely and concise goals • Although the transformational leader has high expectations, he encourages others and provides support to his team by positively motivating them • It does its best to think about the social interest and inspires people to achieve the impossible. So it serves them in a way by making them win, both on a personal and professional level. It is no wonder that transformational leadership is the most important trait of business leadership for the following reasons (again synonymous with servant leader) • The leader motivates his team members to believe and achieve an inspired vision. • The leader not only ensures the realization of the vision but builds relationships based on trust Transformational leadership; accessed April 4, 2014Buddhism is more of a philosophy of life......middle of paper......ready acceptance by followers Empathy and acceptance are very important emotional intelligence skills required by a servant leader. The leader empathizes with projecting his own consciousness into the other being and first tries to accept his subordinate as a person. There may be serious flaws in the other person's efforts or performance, but the leader still accepts the person. This requires a tolerance of imperfection that is not easy. But the existence of this characteristic is crucial for the development of trust. Trust is at the heart of this relationship. He thus recognizes the fact that the subordinate is also human. Servant leaders hear, see and know things with their intuitive intuition. This makes them reliable and trustworthy. It is this characteristic that makes the sought after servant leader, David Mc Cuistion; 7.8.13; accessed April 4, 2014; head servant