Practicing Servant-Leadership Succeeding Through Trust, Bravery, and Forgiveness

by Spears, Larry C.; Lawrence, Michele

• ISBN13: 9780787974558
• ISBN10: 0787974552
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-04
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

VOICES OF SERVANT-LEADERSHIP " Servant-leadership has never been more applicable to the world of leadership than it is today." -- Ken Blanchard, author, The Heart of Leadership " We are each indebted to Greenleaf for bringing spirit and values into the workplace." -- Peter Block, author, Stewardship " I congratulate the Greenleaf Center for its invaluable service to society and for carrying the torch of servant-leadership over the years." -- Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People " Robert Greenleaf takes us beyond cynicism and cheap tricks and simplified techniques into the heart of the matter, into the spiritual lives of those who lead." -- Parker Palmer, author, The Courage to Teach " Servant-leadership is more than a concept. As far as I' m concerned, it is a fact. I would simply define it by saying that any great leader, by which I also mean an ethical leader of any group, will,see herself or himself primarily as a servant of that group and will act accordingly." -- M. Scott Peck, author, The Road Less Traveled " No one in the past thirty years has had a more profound impact on thinking about leadership than Robert Greenleaf. If we sought an objective measure of the quality of leadership available to society, there would be none better than the number of people reading and studying his writings." -- Peter M. Senge, author, The Fifth Discipline Contributors include James A. Autry, John C. Bogle, Richard R. Broholm, John C. Burkhardt, John Carver, Don DeGraaf, Shann R. Ferch, Robert K. Greenleaf, Daniel H. Kim, LarryNeal, Larry C. Spears, David L. Specht, Colin Tilley, Wendell J. Walls, and Margaret J. Wheatley, with Foreword by Warren Bennis.

Author Biography

Larry C. Spears is president and CEO of the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership. Spears is the former managing director of the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium, a cooperative association of twelve colleges and universities in the Philadelphia area. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including On Becoming a Servant-Leader, Reflections on Leadership, and Seeker and Servant from Jossey-Bass.<BR> Michele Lawrence directs the annual international conference for the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership and acts as editor of the quarterly newsletter, The Servant-Leader. Together with Spears, she is coeditor of Focus on Leadership from John Wiley &amp; Sons.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Why Servant-Leadership Matters	xi
Warren Bennis
Preface	xvii
Acknowledgments	xxv
The Editors and The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership	xxvii
The Contributors	xxix
1. Who Is the Servant-Leader?	1	(8)
Robert K. Greenleaf
2. The Understanding and Practice of Servant-Leadership	9	(16)
Larry C. Spears
3. The Unique Double Servant-Leadership Role of the Board Chairperson	25	(22)
John Carver
4. Love and Work	47	(24)
A Conversation with James A. Autry
5. Servant-Leadership and Philanthropic Institutions	71	(20)
John C. Burkhardt, Larry C. Spears
6. On the Right Side of History	91	(22)
John C. Bogle
7. Anatomy of a Collaboration: An Act of Servant-Leadership	113	(20)
Wendell J. Walls
8. Servant-Leadership Characteristics in Organizational Life	133	(34)
Don DeGraaf, Cohn Tilley, Larry Neal
9. Toward a Theology of Institutions	167	(34)
David L. Specht with Richard R. Broholm
10. Foresight as the Central Ethic of Leadership	201	(24)
Daniel H. Kim
11. Servant-Leadership, Forgiveness, and Social Justice	225	(16)
Shann R. Ferch
12. The Servant-Leader: From Hero to Host	241	(28)
An Interview with Margaret J. Wheatley
Endnotes	269	(10)
Recommended Reading	279	(4)
Index	283