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From INSIGHTS ON LEADERSHIP... Robert K. Greenleaf from "The Servant as Leader" "The servant-leader is servant first. Becoming a servant-leader begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead...

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From INSIGHTS ON LEADERSHIP ...Robert K. Greenleaf from "The Servant as Leader" "The servant-leader is servant first. Becoming a servant-leader begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead...The best test is this: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?" Stephen R. Covey from "Servant-Leadership from the Inside Out" "You may be able to buy someone's hand and back, but you cannot buy their heart, mind, and spirit. And in the competitive reality of today's global marketplace, it will be only those organizations whose people not only willingly volunteer their tremendous creative talent, commitment, and loyalty, but whose organizations align their structures, systems, and management style to support the empowerment of their people that will survive and thrive as market leaders." Ken Blanchard from "Servant-Leadership Revisited" "With the traditional pyramid, the boss is always responsible and the staff are supposed to be responsive to the boss.When you turn the pyramid upside down, those roles get reversed. Your people become responsible and the job of management is to be responsive to their people. That creates a very different environment for implementation. If you work for your people, then what is the purpose of being a manager? To help them accomplish their goals. Your job is to help them win." INSIGHTS ON LEADERSHIP CONTRIBUTORS Stephen R. Covey Larry C. Spears Robert K. Greenleaf Ken Blanchard Elizabeth Jeffries Joe Batten Lawrence J. Lad and David Luechauer Jack Lowe Jr. Ann McGee-Cooper Peter Block Susana Barciela John J. Gardiner Richard P. Nielsen Jill W. Graham Bill Bottum with Dorothy Lenz Robert E. Kelley Judith A. Sturnick Parker J. Palmer Diane Cory Diane Fassel Thomas A. Bausch Christine Wicker James Conley and Fraya Wagner-Marsh Joseph Jaworski John P. Schuster Ken Melrose John S. Lore James A. Autry Irving R. Stubbs James M. Kouzes Jeffrey N. McCollum Margaret J. Wheatley Don M.Frick "It is one of the great ironies of our age that we created organizations to constrain our problematic human natures, and now the only thing that can save these organizations is a full appreciation of the expansive capacities of us humans." -Margaret J. Wheatley from "What Is Our Work?" Leadership without hierarchy? Organization in a whirlwind of change? Community and shared responsibility in a global village? Soul in a free-enterprise world? Robert Greenleaf's visionary theory of Servant-Leadership continues to engage many of the best minds in and out of business. Greenleaf's prescriptions for employee empowerment and organizational change continue to achieve nothing short of miraculous results in organizations worldwide. As one enthusiastic observer wrote in Fortune magazine, "Once the consensus is forged, watch out: With everybody on board, your so-called implementation proceeds 'wham-bam.'" In this sequel to the critically acclaimed Reflections on Leadership, many of today's most respected business thinkers share their insights into key aspects of Robert Greenleaf's revolutionary thinking.Over the course of 33 essays, a dream team consisting of such luminaries as Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Peter Block, Margaret Wheatley, John Schuster, and James Autry explore how Greenleaf has influenced today's business leaders and discuss a range of leadership principles at the heart of his philosophy, including stewardship, the spirit of the workplace, and the concept of healing leadership. A source of inspiration and instruction, Insights on Leadership is required reading for senior executives, community leaders, and managers in for-profit and nonprofit organizations.

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From INSIGHTS ON LEADERSHIP . . . Robert K. Greenleaf from "The Servant as Leader" "The servant-leader is servant first. Becoming a servant-leader begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. . . . The best test is this: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?" Stephen R. Covey from "Servant-Leadership from the Inside Out" "You may be able to buy someone''s hand and back, but you cannot buy their heart, mind, and spirit. And in the competitive reality of today''s global marketplace, it will be only those organizations whose people not only willingly volunteer their tremendous creative talent, commitment, and loyalty, but whose organizations align their structures, systems, and management style to support the empowerment of their people that will survive and thrive as market leaders." Ken Blanchard from "Servant-Leadership Revisited" "With the traditional pyramid, the boss is always responsible and the staff are supposed to be responsive to the boss. When you turn the pyramid upside down, those roles get reversed. Your people become responsible and the job of management is to be responsive to their people. That creates a very different environment for implementation. If you work for your people, then what is the purpose of being a manager? To help them accomplish their goals. Your job is to help them win." INSIGHTS ON LEADERSHIP CONTRIBUTORS Stephen R. Covey * Larry C. Spears * Robert K. Greenleaf * Ken Blanchard * Elizabeth Jeffries * Joe Batten * Lawrence J. Lad and David Luechauer * Jack Lowe Jr. * Ann McGee-Cooper * Peter Block * Susana Barciela * John J. Gardiner * Richard P. Nielsen * Jill W. Graham * Bill Bottum with Dorothy Lenz * Robert E. Kelley * Judith A. Sturnick * Parker J. Palmer * Diane Cory * Diane Fassel * Thomas A. Bausch * Christine Wicker * James Conley and Fraya Wagner-Marsh * Joseph Jaworski * John P. Schuster * Ken Melrose * John S. Lore * James A. Autry * Irving R. Stubbs * James M. Kouzes * Jeffrey N. McCollum * Margaret J. Wheatley * Don M. Frick "It is one of the great ironies of our age that we created organizations to constrain our problematic human natures, and now the only thing that can save these organizations is a full appreciation of the expansive capacities of us humans." --Margaret J. Wheatley from "What Is Our Work?" Leadership without hierarchy? Organization in a whirlwind of change? Community and shared responsibility in a global village? Soul in a free-enterprise world? Robert Greenleaf''s visionary theory of Servant-Leadership continues to engage many of the best minds in and out of business. Greenleaf''s prescriptions for employee empowerment and organizational change continue to achieve nothing short of miraculous results in organizations worldwide. As one enthusiastic observer wrote in Fortune magazine, "Once the consensus is forged, watch out: With everybody on board, your so-called implementation proceeds ''wham-bam.''" In this sequel to the critically acclaimed Reflections on Leadership, many of today''s most respected business thinkers share their insights into key aspects of Robert Greenleaf''s revolutionary thinking. Over the course of 33 essays, a dream team consisting of such luminaries as Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Peter Block, Margaret Wheatley, John Schuster, and James Autry explore how Greenleaf has influenced today''s business leaders and discuss a range of leadership principles at the heart of his philosophy, including stewardship, the spirit of the workplace, and the concept of healing leadership. A source of inspiration and instruction, Insights on Leadership is required reading for senior executives, community leaders, and managers in for-profit and nonprofit organizations.

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"It is one of the great ironies of our age that we created organizations to constrain our problematic human natures, and now the only thing that can save these organizations is a full appreciation of the expansive capacities of us humans." —Margaret J. Wheatley from "What Is Our Work?" Leadership without hierarchy? Organization in a whirlwind of change? Community and shared responsibility in a global village? Soul in a free-enterprise world? Robert Greenleaf’s visionary theory of Servant-Leadership continues to engage many of the best minds in and out of business. Greenleaf’s prescriptions for employee empowerment and organizational change continue to achieve nothing short of miraculous results in organizations worldwide. As one enthusiastic observer wrote in Fortune magazine. "Once the consensus is forged. watch out: With everybody on board. your so-called implementation proceeds ‘wham-bam.’" In this sequel to the critically acclaimed Reflections on Leadership. many of today’s most respected business thinkers share their insights into key aspects of Robert Greenleaf’s revolutionary thinking. Over the course of 33 essays, a dream team consisting of such luminaries as Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Peter Block, Margaret Wheatley, John Schuster, and James Autry explore how Greenleaf has influenced today’s business leaders and discuss a range of leadership principles at the heart of his philosophy. including stewardship, the spirit of the workplace, and the concept of healing leadership. A source of inspiration and instruction. Insights on Leadership is required reading for senior executives, community leaders, and managers in for-profit and nonprofit organizations.

Author Biography

LARRY C. SPEARS has been Executive Director of The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership since 1990. He is also a writer, editor, and speaker who has published over 300 articles, essays, and book reviews. Mr. Spears is the editor of the acclaimed Reflections on Leadership: How Robert K. Greenleaf's Theory of Servant-Leadership Influenced Today's Top Management Thinkers (Wiley) and coeditor of On Becoming a Servant-Leader and Seeker and Servant.

Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:SERVICE.Servant-Leadership (R. Greenleaf).Servant-Leadership Revisited (K. Blanchard).On the Path to Servant-Leadership (L. Lad & D. Luechauer).Trust: The Invaluable Asset (J. Lowe).STEWARDSHIP.From Leadership to Citizenship (P. Block).Followership in a Leadership World (R. Kelley).Healing Leadership (J. Sturnick).SPIRIT.Leading from Within (P. Palmer).Seeking the Soul of Business (C. Wicker).Destiny and the Leader (J. Jaworski).SERVANT-LEADERSHIP.Servants, Egos, and Shoeshines: A World of Sacramental Possibility (J. Schuster).Finding Your Voice (J. Kouzes).What is Our Work?(M. Wheatley).Afterword: Understanding Robert K. Greenleaf and Servant-Leadership (D. Frick).Acknowledgments.About the Editor and The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership.Notes.Permissions and Copyrights.Recommended Reading.Index.

Review

Für "Reflections on Leadership":"Das Konzept der "dienenden Führung" ist für das Management der Gegenwart von großer Bedeutung, und diese Arbeit ist ein Muß für alle, die sich für Greenleafs Theorie interessieren. Sehr empfohlen für Sammlungen geschäftlicher Literatur." (Library Journal, April 1995)"...Greenleaf ist ein Vorreiter eines der Modewörter der 90er Jahre - Befähigung." (Orange County Register, Juli 1995)"'Reflections on Leadership' ist eine wertvolle, lohnende Gabe für alle, die sowohl auf ihre Pflichten als auch auf die Leute, mit denen sie arbeiten, Wert legen." (aus dem Vorwort von Max DePree)

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From INSIGHTS ON LEADERSHIP . . . Robert K. Greenleaf from "The Servant as Leader" "The servant-leader is servant first. Becoming a servant-leader begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. . . . The best test is this: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?" Stephen R. Covey from "Servant-Leadership from the Inside Out" "You may be able to buy someones hand and back, but you cannot buy their heart, mind, and spirit. And in the competitive reality of todays global marketplace, it will be only those organizations whose people not only willingly volunteer their tremendous creative talent, commitment, and loyalty, but whose organizations align their structures, systems, and management style to support the empowerment of their people that will survive and thrive as market leaders." Ken Blanchard from "Servant-Leadership Revisited" "With the traditional pyramid, the boss is always responsible and the staff are supposed to be responsive to the boss. When you turn the pyramid upside down, those roles get reversed. Your people become responsible and the job of management is to be responsive to their people. That creates a very different environment for implementation. If you work for your people, then what is the purpose of being a manager? To help them accomplish their goals. Your job is to help them win." INSIGHTS ON LEADERSHIP CONTRIBUTORS Stephen R. Covey Larry C. Spears Robert K. Greenleaf Ken Blanchard Elizabeth Jeffries Joe Batten Lawrence J. Lad and David Luechauer Jack Lowe Jr. Ann McGee-Cooper Peter Block Susana Barciela John J. Gardiner Richard P. Nielsen Jill W. Graham Bill Bottum with Dorothy Lenz Robert E. Kelley Judith A. Sturnick Parker J. Palmer Diane Cory Diane Fassel Thomas A. Bausch Christine Wicker James Conley and Fraya Wagner-Marsh Joseph Jaworski John P. Schuster Ken Melrose John S. Lore James A. Autry Irving R. Stubbs James M. Kouzes Jeffrey N. McCollum Margaret J. Wheatley Don M. Frick "It is one of the great ironies of our age that we created organizations to constrain our problematic human natures, and now the only thing that can save these organizations is a full appreciation of the expansive capacities of us humans." --Margaret J. Wheatley from "What Is Our Work?" Leadership without hierarchy? Organization in a whirlwind of change? Community and shared responsibility in a global village? Soul in a free-enterprise world? Robert Greenleafs visionary theory of Servant-Leadership continues to engage many of the best minds in and out of business. Greenleafs prescriptions for employee empowerment and organizational change continue to achieve nothing short of miraculous results in organizations worldwide. As one enthusiastic observer wrote in Fortune magazine, "Once the consensus is forged, watch out: With everybody on board, your so-called implementation proceeds wham-bam." In this sequel to the critically acclaimed Reflections on Leadership, many of todays most respected business thinkers share their insights into key aspects of Robert Greenleafs revolutionary thinking. Over the course of 33 essays, a dream team consisting of such luminaries as Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Peter Block, Margaret Wheatley, John Schuster, and James Autry explore how Greenleaf has influenced todays business leaders and discuss a range of leadership principles at the heart of his philosophy, including stewardship, the spirit of the workplace, and the concept of healing leadership. A source of inspiration and instruction, Insights on Leadership is required reading for senior executives, community leaders, and managers in for-profit and nonprofit organizations.

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The "sequel" to Reflections on Leadership, expanding on the visionary ideas of Robert Greenleaf. Includes writings by such well-known thinkers as Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Peter Block, Margaret Wheatley, John Schuster, and David Whyte. "Servant Leadership is important to contemporary management, and this work will be essential reading for those interested in Greenleaf's theory. Highly recommended for all business collections."?Library Journal on Reflections on Leadership

Details ISBN0471176346 Language English ISBN-10 0471176346 ISBN-13 9780471176343 Media Book Format Hardcover Illustrations Yes Year 1997 Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Larry C. Spears Short Title INSIGHTS ON LEADERSHIP Pages 416 Edition 1st Subtitle Service, Stewardship, Spirit, and Servant-Leadership DOI 10.1604/9780471176343 UK Release Date 1997-10-27 AU Release Date 1997-10-27 NZ Release Date 1997-10-27 US Release Date 1997-10-27 Author Larry C. Spears Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Publication Date 1997-10-27 DEWEY 658.4 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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