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44 ■ Servant-Leadership in the Intercultural Practice

Part I dealt with the theory behind servant-leadership.
Part II is about how to use the theory in reality. As
servant-leadership is the result of a combination of a unique
leader and a unique team in unique circumstances, there
is unfortunately no recipe for success, or template for a
typical servant-leadership approach. It is possible, how-
ever, to get an idea of the realm of possibilities. We will
give many examples, in Part II, of the solutions that have
been formulated and implemented with success by servant-
leaders around the world. The idea is that you will be able
to see the underlying patterns and get a feeling for how you
can use servant-leadership to solve problems in your own
company.
The examples of business challenges are described
using seven concrete dilemmas:

1. Leading versus serving
2. Rules versus exceptions
3. Parts versus the whole
4. Control versus passion
5. Specifi c versus diffuse
6. Short term versus long term
7. Push versus pull