1. Servant Leadership insists on collaboration rather than competition; it puts a premium on truthfulness and admitting mistakes.
2. Servant Leadership has the capacity to move to the other side, i.e. to feel with New Testament compassion.
3. Servant Leadership holds accountable, but never blames. Good leadership never blames- blaming is covering up. Accountability offers the possibility for growth.
4. Servant Leadership is willing to compromise with others when appropriate, and therefore, is not in need of always controlling the outcomes.
5. Servant Leadership, by letting go of controlling and trusting and validating others, is then possible to be of good cheer--to be joyful. Joy and cheer come from not always having to do it right.
6. Servant Leadership seeks the enhancement of the individual or community as the outcome over productivity.
7. In Servant Leadership power is for participation, not for domination--power with, rather than power over.
Servant Leadership systems (local church, diocese) succeed because they value and validate their members and tell the truth.
8. Systems fail because they exploit the members and hide and conceal.
In Servant Leadership, being a servant means putting oneself at risk, with humility and clarity that is cruciformity.