Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Servant leadership has been seen as being a weak style of leadership by some, unsuitable for such high risk and dangerous professions as the military.This paper shows that the servant leadership style has been used to great effect in at least one historical example.It explores examples of servant leadership through the military career of Evans Carlson, former army officer and founder of the Marine Corps' 2nd Raider Battalion.It also compares Carlson's Gung Ho leadership philosophy with servant leadership and makes the case for the adoption of servant leadership by the military, due to the successful implementation of Gung Ho in the 2nd Raider Battalion.Finally, it examines the impacts that Gung Ho and servant leadership had on the 2nd Raider Battalion and the legacy of the battalion in the modern military.
Author: Michael Duffy
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2322231194