• Servant leadership requires dedication to the concept. You can’t make people trust you overnight. It’s something you build.
• Servant leadership might take too much time for companies that need to be turned around quickly for financial or other reasons.
• Companies that rely on hierarchy and complex organization in order to function in their industry may not find the servant leadership model useful.

Studies have shown that servant leadership and the empowerment and teamwork that accompay it trickle down. Higher level managers who turn from selfish leadership to selfless leadership end up creating lower-level managers and other employees who then do the same.