Spears (2004) states that servant leadership involves feeling responsible to the world and actively contributing to the well-being of people and communities.
This unpretentiously implies for the (servant) leader to put people first and this action eminently forms one of the seven servant leadership pillars conceptualised by Sipe and Frick (2009). These seven pillars constitute that servant leaders are individuals of character; they put people first, are skilled
communicators, compassionate collaborators, use foresight,are systems thinkers and exert moral authority.