DL2022 Cheri Flewell - Smith - SEVA Leadership: A Decolonised Perspective

Published: Dec. 19, 2022, 3:10 a.m.

b'Traditional leadership styles are centred on Eurocentric concepts of authority figures influencing and guiding through the organisation to achieve their ends. SEVA leadership challenges this concept to create a new paradigm that integrates concepts of communal wellbeing, equality, and inclusiveness through service. Based on the Sikh concept of \\u2018Seva\\u2019 or \\u2018Sewa\\u2019,, there are three facets to SEVA Leadership: tan, man and dhan\\u2014physical, emotional and material service. \\u2018The SEVA Wheel\\u2019 is a simple, easy to apply design framework that offers a new perspective on how to embrace transformative, holistic, leadership for individuals, communities, and organisations to prosper.'