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International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Abstract

The year 2020 has been most challenging for many people all over the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has left almost no one’s life untouched. George Floyd’s death and other race-related incidents also unsettled the world to its core. Ancient lamentation resonates with us today: “How lonely sits the city that once was full of people” (Lamentations 1:1a, NRSV). The statistics help tell the story of this year. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2020) and Johns Hopkins University & Medicine (2020) has confirmed more than 33 million COVID-19 cases worldwide and more than one million deaths in 216 countries. The United States has more than seven million confirmed cases and more than 200,000 deaths as of September 30, 2020 (Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, 2020; WHO, 2020). Unemployment rate in the U.S. was 3.7% in August 2019 and skyrocketed to 14.7% in April 2020. By August 2020, the rate was down to 8.4%, but the future is uncertain (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020). Among all the struggles and grief, leadership is more important than ever. How do servant-leaders react to this cruel reality? What does holistic leadership look like during a crisis? Should organizations serve first or fight for survival first? Should they prioritize people or profit? Are economic responsibilities really the foundation of a corporate’s social responsibility? How are we going to serve the sick, the broken, the vulnerable, and the forgotten? How are we going to lead with courage, faith, and grace? Do people with different genders lead differently?

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