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Servant Leadership Practices Flashcards

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  1. A DAC is coaching an executive sponsor who uses command-and-control behaviors with agile teams. The servant leader approach is to:

    Answer: Help the sponsor understand how their behaviors impact team autonomy and outcomes

    Servant leaders coach upward when necessary, helping leaders at all levels understand the impact of their behaviors on team effectiveness.

  2. According to DA, 'pragmatic agility' combined with servant leadership suggests a coach should:

    Answer: Adapt leadership style and level of guidance to the team's current context and capability

    DA's pragmatic stance requires servant leaders to flex their approach based on what the team actually needs in their current context.

  3. Which of Greenleaf's ten servant leadership characteristics is MOST directly exercised when a DAC helps a team anticipate the downstream effects of their architectural decisions?

    Answer: Foresight

    Foresight is the servant leader's ability to perceive likely future consequences of current decisions and help others prepare for them.

  4. A servant leader in DA avoids 'hero culture' on a team primarily because:

    Answer: Dependence on individual heroes undermines collective team capability and resilience

    Hero culture creates single points of failure and prevents the team from developing shared ownership and resilience — outcomes servant leaders actively counter.

  5. When a servant leader 'withdraws' support from a team, within the DA context this action is BEST interpreted as:

    Answer: Intentionally stepping back to allow a capable team to own their decisions fully

    Deliberate withdrawal is a mature servant leadership move that signals trust in the team's capability and promotes genuine autonomy.

  6. A DAC working with a distributed global team applies servant leadership most effectively by:

    Answer: Adapting facilitation techniques and availability to bridge time zones and cultural differences

    Servant leaders serving distributed teams must actively adapt their facilitation, communication cadence, and availability to respect diverse contexts.

  7. Which outcome BEST indicates that a DAC has successfully practiced servant leadership over an engagement?

    Answer: The team demonstrates self-sufficiency, continuous improvement, and no longer requires the coach's direct involvement

    Successful servant leadership results in a team that has internalized practices and self-governs — making the coach's ongoing presence unnecessary.