Table 1.
The servant leadership scale
| Rating: 1 = Strongly disagree | |||||
| 2 = Disagree | |||||
| 3 = Neither agree nor disagree | |||||
| 4 = Agree | |||||
| 5 = Strongly agree | |||||
| Please circle the number that indicates your level of agreement or disagreement with the following statements | |||||
| 1. I encourage others to always do their best work | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2. I consistently meet or exceed what is expected of me | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 3. I encourage others to provide me with constructive criticism of my performance so that I can improve | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 4. Good bosses make all employees feel important | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5. I try to communicate a welcoming attitude to everyone I meet | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6. I seek out interactions with people who are different from me so that I can learn more about other people | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 7. Some people have little potential for personal growth (Reversed scored) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 8. I work to create an environment in which each person feels understood | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 9. When working as part of a group, I value the contributions of every member | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 10. I am always looking for new ways to serve others | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 11. My first priority in life is to serve | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 12. Serving others is the best way to further my own personal growth | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 13. It is not worth my time and energy to try to help others overcome their weaknesses (Reversed scored) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 14. I gain great satisfaction in knowing I have helped others strive for excellence | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 15. I am always looking for new ways to encourage others to take initiative | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 16. I can easily see the positive potential in others | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 17. I get immense pleasure from seeing others grow and develop | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 18. I often find myself thinking about how I can help people further their goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 19. I spend more time thinking about others’ needs than I do about my own needs | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 20. People have commented on my strong integrity | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 21. I have the ability to put myself in others’ shoes even when they are very different from me | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 22. I work hard to try to enrich the lives of those who are less fortunate than me | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 23. When I see people who are struggling, I feel compelled to reach out to them | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 24. Whatever my role or position, it is important that I act from my heart to serve others | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (nd). Toolkit for assessing servant leadership. University of St. Francis. Retrieved from https://studylib.net/doc/9078102/toolkit-for-assessing-servant-leadership