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Servant-Leadership And The New Millennium, Larry Spears
Servant-Leadership And The New Millennium, Larry Spears
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
The following essay by Larry Spears gives a current history of the work of servant-leadership associated with the Greenleaf Center for ServantLeadership, Westfield, Indiana, United States ofAmerica. Following the essay is an interview of Larry Spears conducted by Barbara Tey, from Malaysia. The interview appeared in the Jan.-March 2006 issue of the Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Management. The 2005 annual international conference on servant-leadership, held in Indianapolis, attained significant reach, with people attending from thirtyfive states and nine countries: Brazil, Canada, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. I think it's important …
Servant-Leadership And Unconditional Forgiveness: The Lives Of Six South African Perpetrators, Marleen Ramsey
Servant-Leadership And Unconditional Forgiveness: The Lives Of Six South African Perpetrators, Marleen Ramsey
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Servant-leadership practices are becoming increasingly more important as modern humanity makes desperate attempts to heal from the atrocities of war, interpersonal violence, and injustices that destroy the human spirit. Laub (1999) conceptualizes servant leadership in the following way: Servant-leadership is an understanding and practice of leadership that places the good of those led over the self-interest of the leader. Servantleadership promotes the valuing and development of people, the building of community, the practice of authenticity, the providing of leadership for the good of those led and the sharing of power and status for the common good of each individual. (p. …
Maestro: Exploring The Development Of A Servant-Leader, Martha Helland
Maestro: Exploring The Development Of A Servant-Leader, Martha Helland
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
I don't know that I can define or articulate my leadership style. I can only think that I always tried to be prepared musically. Beyond that I guess I just tried to get the job done in a way that enables others to do their best and that affirms and supports them as professionals and as wondeiful people. -Henry Charles Smith A large portion of existing servant-leadership literature focuses on defining what it is, describing how it differs from other leadership practices, discussing its merits, verifying its efficacy, and persuading others to embrace and practice its principles across a broad …
A Poetics Of Servant-Leadership, Nadine Chapman
A Poetics Of Servant-Leadership, Nadine Chapman
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
One day somebody "identified" me. Beside me, in the queue, there was a woman with blue lips. She had, of course, never heard of me; but she suddenly came out of that trance so common to us all and whispered in my ear (everybody spoke in whispers there): "Can you describe this?" And I said: "Yes, I can." And then something like the shadow of a smile crossed what had once been her face. -Akhmatova (1985, p. 87) Anna Akhmatova places her great elegiac poem, "Requiem," in the years of the Yezhov terror, during Stalin's purges, when she spent seventeen …
Principle-Based Dialogue: A Model Of Consulting That Applies The Insights Of Robert K. Greenleaf To Organizational Development And Transcendent Leadership, Paul M. Nakai
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
In the early 1980s one of my clients, Harry Bubb [past Chairman and CEO of Pacific Financial Companies], gave me a copy of Robert Greenleaf's book, Servant-Leadership. Harry and I would subsequently have long conversations about his view of corporate responsibility and leadership development; Greenleaf's words had struck a resonant chord with both of us. Harry felt that leadership was a fundamental state of mind-as important as any attitude, trait, displayed behavior or result achieved. Back then, I must admit, I did not fully understand his thinking, although I was mesmerized by his enthusiasm and his many ideas. In addition …
Top Ten Lessons I’Ve Learned Over A Lifetime, Larry Spears
Top Ten Lessons I’Ve Learned Over A Lifetime, Larry Spears
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
I was recently invited to give several talks at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. Sponsored by the 21st Century Leadership program at St. Mary's University, for one of the presentations I was invited to speak on the specific theme of the "Top Ten Lessons I've Learned Over a Lifetime." I was grateful to receive this invitation as it encouraged me to think about particular life lessons that have had considerable meaning for me. I found that I had many more than ten, but I managed to whittle the list down to the requested number. Here, in the second …
Spiritual Capital, Danah Zohar
Spiritual Capital, Danah Zohar
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Good morning, everybody. I'm as happy as you are to be at this conference again. I think it's my favorite conference. My second favorite is the conference that Peter Senge runs, every November or December, the Soul Conference or the Systems Theory Conference. What's nice about both of these conferences is that they are more than conferences, they've built a community around them and you see old friends and there's a great spirit of community at the conferences, and that makes them both very special. And the theme of servant-leadership brings out the nicest people. I'm going to talk this …
Servant-Leadership And Community Leadership In The 21st Century, Stephen R. Covey
Servant-Leadership And Community Leadership In The 21st Century, Stephen R. Covey
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
In this essay, drawn from his keynote speech at the Greenleaf Center's 1999 conference, Dr. Covey describes what he calls the four roles of leadership-modeling, pathfinding, alignment, and empowerment-using examples and a nautical metaphor. Covey says the true test of leadership is the one that Robert K. Greenleaf described, and that true servant-leadership produces servant-leadership in others. Stephen Covey was a keynote speaker at the Greenleaf Center's 1996 and 1999 annual international conferences. I want to say a word about this conference: it's a beautiful illustration of win-win situations, because servant-leadership is the enabling art to accomplishing any worthy objective. …
The Servant-Leader And The Team: Love Without Measure!, Robson M. Marinho
The Servant-Leader And The Team: Love Without Measure!, Robson M. Marinho
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
I don't necessarily have to like my players and partners. But, as a leader I must love them. Love is loyalty, love is teamwork, love respects dignity and individuality. This is the strength of any organization. -Vince Lombardi In a television interview, General Norman Schwarzkopf was faced with the following question (Kouzes & Posner, 1997, p. 329): - How would you like to be remembered in the future? The answer was simple: - That I loved my troops. That my troops loved me. One would hardly expect that kind of answer from a military leader, leaders whose relationship with subordinates …
Servant-Leadership: A Brief Look At Love And The Organizational Perspective, Kathleen Patterson
Servant-Leadership: A Brief Look At Love And The Organizational Perspective, Kathleen Patterson
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
According to Robert K. Greenleaf, Love is an indefinable term, and its manifestations are both subtle and infinite. But it begins, I believe, with one absolute condition: unlimited liability! As soon as one's liability for another is qualified to any degree, love is diminished by that much. Institutions, as we know them, are designed to limit liability for those who serve through them. (2002, p. 52)
Clara Voce—The Greeting Of Heart And Spirit, Marcia Newman
Clara Voce—The Greeting Of Heart And Spirit, Marcia Newman
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
We began our lesson by visioning her voice, where the voice was going, where she wanted to place it, where she intended the sound to flow, what she desired to express through the music, and what she wanted to feel after having sung the piece. We warmed up with vocal exercises and then I stopped and asked her, "Why sing? Why take time out of your hectic day at the bank to come here and sing?" "Because the gift of music should be used," she answered. "It gives me joy." Clara voce- clear voice -the greeting of heart and spirit.
Servant-Leadership—Bring Your Employees To The Table, Peter Ortiz
Servant-Leadership—Bring Your Employees To The Table, Peter Ortiz
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
This essay appeared in the Nov/Dec 2005 issue of Diversity Inc, a magazine with a circulation of 100,000 subscribers.* DiversityInc's editorial mission is to provide clarity and education on the business benefits of diversity. A corporate culture built on devoted loyalty, where employees willingly turn over a portion of their pay to help their company survive economic hard times, seems unlikely these days, especially in the highly competitive airline industry.
How Is Your Leadership Changing?, Margaret Wheatley
How Is Your Leadership Changing?, Margaret Wheatley
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control. Some of this was to be expected, because humans usually default to the known when confronted with the unknown. Some of it was a surprise, because so many organizations had focused on innovation, quality, learning organizations, and human motivation. How did they fail to learn that whenever you impose control on people and situations, you only succeed in turning people into non-creative, shut-down and cynical workers?
Corazon “Cory” Aquino: Global Servant-Leader, Shann Ferch
Corazon “Cory” Aquino: Global Servant-Leader, Shann Ferch
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
November 26, 2004 Manila, the Philippines Ferch: Thank you, President Aquino, for this interview. What happened to make you the leader of the Philippines? Aquino: Well, circumstances prevailed. First my husband was assassinated. And then, of course, we had been living under a dictatorship. And at that time, I was never considering myself as a presidential candidate. But as the opposition, I suppose, looked around and searched for the best possible candidate against a dictator, a number of them were convinced that it had to be somebody the opposite of Marcos-if possible, the complete opposite of Marcos. So I suppose …
The True Professional, Margaret Wheatley
The True Professional, Margaret Wheatley
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
"The true professional is a person whose action points beyond his or herself to that underlying reality, that hidden wholeness, on which we all can rely." -Parker Palmer *This is a ''found poem "-all phrases are taken from, i.e. found, in Parker Palmer's book The Active Life. I then played with them and hopefully extended them beyond Parker's original prose. I wrote this in tribute to Parker Palmer for the profound influence he's had on my work.
Re-Imagining Power In Leadership: Reflection, Integration, And Servant-Leadership, Karel S. San Juan
Re-Imagining Power In Leadership: Reflection, Integration, And Servant-Leadership, Karel S. San Juan
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Leadership is imbued with the idea of power. Think about leadership, and soon after you will think of power as well. This is because power is a compelling aspect of leadership. Think about power-and you evoke several images. Power is a different and an independent phenomenon. It surrounds our everyday life in a ubiquitous and pervasive way-physical power, solar power, social power, spiritual power, and so on. It elicits impressions of greatness and grandeur, strength and stamina, energy and engagement. It evokes ideas like force, control, persuasion, authority, influence, impact, and charisma.
A Journal Of Devotion, Larry Spears
A Journal Of Devotion, Larry Spears
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
With the publication of this first academic journal devoted to research and writing on servant-leadership, we hope to take significant step forward in the ongoiong evolution of servant-leadership. Much as the burgeoning field of philanthropic studies was some ten or fifteen years ago, the study of servant-leadership is now poised for a similar kind of development. The International Journal of Servant-leadership, a collaboration between Gonzaga University and The Greenleaf Center, has been established to help lead the way in the further development of servant-leadership as a legitimate and powerful field for study, research, teaching and publishing.
Servant-Leadership, A Way Of Life, Shann Ferch
Servant-Leadership, A Way Of Life, Shann Ferch
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
What is it about a child's voice, a child's smiling face and exuberant laughter, that reminds us of the mystery and wonder of existence? Something of freedom is found in that smile, and peace, the simple unburdened essence of being young and alive. Yet so often this essence is clouded in adulthood, becoming increasingly more elusive, and for some seemingly unreachable. At times our lives can be so filled with rapid motion, entanglements, pressure, and confusion we find it difficult to breathe.
Film Review: “Thus Have We Made The World”: Using The Film The Mission To Explore The Choice For Servant-Leadership, Michael Lieberman Carey
Film Review: “Thus Have We Made The World”: Using The Film The Mission To Explore The Choice For Servant-Leadership, Michael Lieberman Carey
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Michael Lieberman Carey finds the 1986 film The Mission (directed by Roland Joffe) to present "Robert Greenleaf's concept that 'the great leader is seen as a servant first, and that simple fact is the key to his greatness,'" and "illustrates [Spears'] ten characteristics of servant-leadership," listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, committment to the growth of people, and building community.
Servant-Leadership In A Changing Culture: Reflection On The Brazilian Context, Robson Marinho
Servant-Leadership In A Changing Culture: Reflection On The Brazilian Context, Robson Marinho
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
As in any other society, the principles of servant-leadership have an incontestable appeal to Brazilian corporate environment, but the term servant may not sound terribly attractive to people from the Brazilian culture. In fact, this is one of the struggles we face when spreading the servant-leadership philosophy among business corporations and Brazilian society at large. Recently, in a class on Leadership Teamwork for Masters students at University of Santo Amaro, in Sao Paulo, I strategically decided to explore the servant-leadership concept as the foundation of the course, so I outlined the topic on the course syllabus. As I introduced the …
Servant-Leadership And The Art Of Teaching, Joshua B. Powers, John W. Moore
Servant-Leadership And The Art Of Teaching, Joshua B. Powers, John W. Moore
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
If ever there was an archetypical teacher, it would be Henry Higgins. Adorned in his tweed smoking jacket, with pipes in his pocket, this professor of phonetics displays an unabashed arrogance through much of My Fair Lady. He lectures the cockney Eliza Doolittle on the finer points of diction with the requisite disinterestedness of the research scientist, as if she is little different from the common laboratory rat. Yet, by the end of this memorable play we are entranced by the irrepressible Eliza, who proves Higgins wrong about her true capabilities and his own self-importance, and teaches him a thing …
African American Leaders: Guardians Of Public Values—An Interview With James Joseph, Juana Bordas
African American Leaders: Guardians Of Public Values—An Interview With James Joseph, Juana Bordas
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Robert Greenleaf saw the rock upon which a good society would be built as people caring for and serving one another. While he noted that in previous times this was largely person-to-person, he expanded this thesis and charged large institutions with the task of building a just and loving society-one that would offer greater creative opportunities to its people. A prophetic and compassionate man, Greenleaf saw the underlying power shift being advocated for by social movements of the late twentieth century as having far-reaching implications and changes for leadership. In a prophetic and alarming statement he proposed that today's privileged …
From Paternalism To The Servant Organization: Expanding The Organizational Leadership Assessment (Ola) Model, Jim Laub
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Servant-leadership is becoming an increasingly accepted term in the leadership and organizational literature. When the likes of Peter Senge (1997), Stephen Covey ( 1994 ), Margaret Wheatley ( 1994 ), and Ronald Heifetz ( 1994) give credence to and promote the term, we notice that the idea of servant-leadership is gaining a profound and wide audience. Leaders, writers and researchers who have espoused this idea of leadership have done so for many reasons. Some do so because they believe that it is the right way to view leadership. Those with this view are drawn to servant-leadership because of its moral …
Leaving It All Behind, James A. Autry
Leaving It All Behind, James A. Autry
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
A poem by James A. Autry
If At First You Don't Succeed, Stephen Prosser
If At First You Don't Succeed, Stephen Prosser
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
This inaugural lecture is dedicated to the three most important women in my life (presented in strict chronological order!): my mother, Enid Mair Prosser; my sister, Jill Ellis; and my wife, Lesley. All of them have given me more than one chance to succeed.
The Servant-Leader: From Hero To Host—An Interview With Margaret Wheatley, Larry C. Spears, John Noble
The Servant-Leader: From Hero To Host—An Interview With Margaret Wheatley, Larry C. Spears, John Noble
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
On November 15, 2001, Larry C. Spears, CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership in Indianapolis, and John Noble, Director of the Greenleaf Centre-United Kingdom, met with Margaret Wheatley in Indianapolis, Indiana. What follows is a record of the conversation that took place.
Greenleaf On Servant-Leadership: Who Is The Servant-Leader?, Robert K. Greenleaf
Greenleaf On Servant-Leadership: Who Is The Servant-Leader?, Robert K. Greenleaf
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Robert K. Greenleaf coined the term servant-leadership in his seminal 1970 essay, "The Servant as Leader." The servant-leader concept has had a deep and lasting influence over the past three decades on many modern leadership ideas and practices. Greenleaf spent his first career of 40 years at AT&T, retiring as director of management research in 1964. That same year Greenleaf founded The Center for Applied Ethics (later renamed The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership). He went on to have an illustrious 25-year second career as an author, a teacher, and a consultant. Greenleaf, who died in 1990, was the author of …
The Understanding And Practice Of Servant-Leadership, Larry C. Spears
The Understanding And Practice Of Servant-Leadership, Larry C. Spears
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The best test is: do those served grow as persons; do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants? - Robert K. Greenleaf The mightiest of rivers are first fed by many small trickles of water, and an apt way of conveying my belief that the growing number of individuals and organizations practicing servant-leadership has increased from a trickle to a river. Servant-leadership is also an expanding …
Servant-Leadership, Forgiveness, And Social Justice, Shann Ferch
Servant-Leadership, Forgiveness, And Social Justice, Shann Ferch
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
One of the defining characteristics of human nature is the ability to discern one's own faults, to be broken as the result of such faults, and in response, to seek a meaningful change. Socially, both forgiveness and the disciplined process of reconciliation draw us into a crucible from which we can emerge more refined, more willing to see the heart of another, and more able to create just and lasting relationships. Such relationships-robust-durable-enjoyable-courageous-form what is best in people, in families, and in the workplace. The will to seek forgiveness, the will to forgive, and the will to pursue reconciliation may …
The Crucial Role Of Coaching In Servant-Leader Development, Paul Nakai
The Crucial Role Of Coaching In Servant-Leader Development, Paul Nakai
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Servant-leadership is a way of life that brings with it refreshing simplicity to the seemingly complex, multi-layered nuances of relationship, and, centrally, a call toward the deepest regard for human dignity. The validity of a servant-led perspective is shown in one of the great and persevering dynamics of human nature: the ultimate truth demonstrated in humbling oneself in order to serve the most significant needs of another person. This idea, of the servant who leads, is as compelling today as it has been throughout history. Notably, in order to develop servant-leadership in the life of an organization, simplicity, not complexity, …