Preface

The Power of Servant-Leadership is an extraordinary collection of Robert K. Greenleaf’s mature and final writings on the concept of servant-leadership. Servant-leadership, itself, is an important part of the emerging leadership and management paradigm for the 21st century. Today, there is a growing movement of people and organizations that have been influenced by servant-leadership. The Power of Servant-Leadership offers Robert Greenleaf’s own insights on the interrelated subjects of serving and leading, wholeness and spirit.

In 1970, retired AT&T executive Robert K. Greenleaf coined the term servant-leadership to describe a kind of leadership that he felt was largely missing from organizations. It was Greenleaf’s belief that leadership ...

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