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What is service leadership?

Leading by helping others

Kiwanis International empowers people at every stage of life to become competent, capable and compassionate leaders by giving them the opportunity to help others. Through its Service Leadership Programs, Kiwanis teaches young leaders new ways to change the world by serving one child and one community at a time.

We define Service Leadership as a vital step in service learning. Once a young person fully understands the concept of leading by helping others, he or she begins to grow personally as a leader.

The service leadership concept is based on the philosophy of “servant leadership,” a term coined by Robert K. Greenleaf to define a leader who is a servant first. “It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first,” Greenleaf wrote. “Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.”

To learn more about servant leadership visit the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership.

For more information, contact K-Kids.