#118: Javonte Lipsey, a scholar and an athlete, studies servant leadership.

<p><a href="https://goheels.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/javonte-lipsey/8438">Javonte Lipsey</a> was a five-time All-American track athlete at the University of North Carolina. After his decorated career, Javonte embarked on a doctoral research journey at Ohio State University. His dissertation study examined servant leadership in collegiate athletics administrators. On this SGG episode, we discussed:</p>

<p>1. Growing up in the loving Lipsey family that adopted seven children: “My existence in the family was created in their willingness to serve.”</p>

<p>2. Witnessing his father and mother as servant leaders.</p>

<p>3. The servant perspective “gave me a huge amount of humility” in athletics. “It’s about being part of a community that’s part of something larger.”</p>

<p>4. The impact of his high school coach. “He was much more than a coach…He was there through every phase of my life, not just on the track.”</p>

<p>5. Why he pursued the Ph.D.: “My parents told me that are two things to take with you wherever you go: salvation and education.”</p>

<p>6. What is servant leadership?</p>

<p>7. Doing what is right because it is right (as opposed to having ulterior motives).</p>

<p>8. Listening to hear, to understand, to serve.</p>

<p>9. One of Javonte’s research questions: What are the antecedents of servant leadership?</p>

<p>10. Another question: On a day-to-day basis in college athletics administration, what does servant leadership look like?</p>

<p>11. Third question: Are there experiences that helped shaped servant leadership behavior?</p>

<p>12. The research design.</p>

<p>13. Servant leadership is animated by humility.</p>

<p>14. Religious affiliation and servant leadership.</p>

<p>15. Exemplars of servant leadership: Tony Dungy, Muhammad Ali, LeBron James, Steph Curry.</p>

<p>16. “I challenge people to ask ourselves, ‘How can I serve others?’”</p>