Practicing Servant-Leadership brings together a group of exceptional thinkers who offer a compendium of thought on the topic of bringing servant-leadership into the daily lives of leaders. Each contributor focuses on his or her area of expertise, exploring how servant-leadership works in the real world, using examples from a variety of organizations such as businesses, nonprofits, churches, schools, foundations, and leadership organizations. Highlights of the book's twelve essays include information on: - how the idealistic vision of the servant as leader works even in the competitive world of business.
- encouraging leaders to begin by looking at what they themselves want to become and then to bring this knowledge into their daily leadership.
- how the principles of servant-leadership can enhance our understanding and practice of philanthropy.
- examining the board chairperson's especially vital role as a servant- leader.
- exploring what leaders learn from being followers.
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Table of Contents:
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 (Larry C. Spears).
3. The Unique Double Servant-Leadership Role of the Board Chairperson (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 with Richard R. Broholm).
10. Foresight as the Central Ethic of Leadership (Daniel H. Kim).
11. Servant-Leadership, Forgiveness, and Social Justice (Shann R. Ferch).
12. The Servant-Leader: From Hero to Host
An Interview with Margaret J. Wheatley.
Endnotes.
Recommended Reading.
Index.
About the Author :
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.
