Practicing Servant-Leadership

Succeeding Through Trust, Bravery, and Forgiveness
Herausgeber: Spears, Larry C; Lawrence, Michele

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Produktbeschreibung

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, Larry Neal, Larry C. Spears, David L. Specht, Colin Tilley, Wendell J. Walls, and Margaret J. Wheatley, with Foreword by Warren Bennis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9780787974558
• ISBN-10: 0787974552
• Artikelnr.: 13055698

Autorenporträt

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. 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 & Sons.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Why Servant-Leadership Matters (Warren Bennis).

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

The Editors and The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership.

The Contributors.

1. Who Is the Servant-Leader? (Robert K. Greenleaf).

2. The Understanding and Practice of Servant-Leadership (LarryC. Spears).

3. The Unique Double Servant-Leadership Role of the BoardChairperson (John Carver).

4. Love and Work
A Conversation with James A. Autry.

5. Servant-Leadership and Philanthropic Institutions (John C.Burkhardt, Larry C. Spears).

6. On the Right Side of History (John C. Bogle).

7. Anatomy of a Collaboration: An Act of Servant-Leadership(Wendell J.Walls).

8. Servant-Leadership Characteristics in Organizational Life(Don DeGraaf, Colin Tilley, Larry Neal).

9. Toward a Theology of Institutions (David L. Specht withRichard R. Broholm).

10. Foresight as the Central Ethic of Leadership (Daniel H.Kim).

11. Servant-Leadership, Forgiveness, and Social Justice (ShannR. Ferch).

12. The Servant-Leader: From Hero to Host
An Interview with Margaret J. Wheatley.

Endnotes.

Recommended Reading.

Index.

Rezensionen

"Servant-leadership has never been more applicable to theworld of leadership than it is today."
--Ken Blanchard, author, The Heart of Leadership

"We are each indebted to Greenleaf for bringing spirit andvalues into the workplace."
--Peter Block, author, Stewardship

"I congratulate the Greenleaf Center for its invaluableservice to society and for carrying the torch of servant-leadershipover the years."
--Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly EffectivePeople

"Robert Greenleaf takes us beyond cynicism and cheaptricks and simplified techniques into the heart of the matter, intothe spiritual lives of those who lead."
--Parker Palmer, author, The Courage to Teach

"Servant-leadership is more than a concept. As far asI'm concerned, it is a fact. I would simply define it bysaying that any great leader, by which I also mean an ethicalleader of any group, will see herself or himself primarily as aservant 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 profoundimpact on thinking about leadership than Robert Greenleaf. If wesought an objective measure of the quality of leadership availableto society, there would be none better than the number of peoplereading and studying his writings."
--Peter M. Senge, author, The Fifth Discipline