The Compatibility of Christian Servant Leadership and Sustainable Leadership in a Post-Covid-19 World

Christian servant leadership is by its essence conceptually, morally and ethically compatible with the theory and practice of sustainable leadership in a post-Covid-19 world. This chapter explores how the attributes of Christian servant leadership reinforce sustainable leadership practices from a conceptual, empirical and Christian social justice theological perspective. Sustainable practices are embedded and integrated within organizational macro, intermediate, and microlevels that entail producing goods and services that promote the greater good and in a fashion that facilitates the wellbeing and growth of all the key stakeholders. The key focus of the chapter are the micro leadership and human resource policies and practices that stimulate employee long-term sustainability on the job to protect employees from future pandemics, and reduce employee burnout and the associated negative physical, emotional, spiritual and organizational performance outcomes. These important elements of Christian servant leader sustainability include ongoing implementation of policies and practices that enhance employee wellbeing including employee empowerment, fair employee treatment, and conducting a workplace health and stress audit to identify and solve threats to employee mental, physical and spiritual health. The chapter concludes with recommendations for future research and development.