Spears / Lawrence Practicing Servant-Leadership

Succeeding Through Trust, Bravery, and Forgiveness
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-119-37839-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

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Practicing Servant-Leadership brings together a group ofexceptional thinkers who offer a compendium of thought on the topicof bringing servant-leadership into the daily lives of leaders.Each contributor focuses on his or her area of expertise, exploringhow servant-leadership works in the real world, using examples froma 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 evenin the competitive world of business.
* encouraging leaders to begin by looking at what they themselveswant to become and then to bring this knowledge into their dailyleadership.
* how the principles of servant-leadership can enhance ourunderstanding and practice of philanthropy.
* examining the board chairperson's especially vital role as aservant- leader.
* exploring what leaders learn from being followers.
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Spears, Larry C.

Lawrence, Michele

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Larry C. Spears is president and CEO of the Robert K.Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership. Spears is the formermanaging director of the Greater Philadelphia PhilosophyConsortium, a cooperative association of twelve colleges anduniversities in the Philadelphia area. He is the author or editorof numerous books, including On Becoming a Servant-Leader,Reflections on Leadership, and Seeker and Servant from Jossey-Bass.
Michele Lawrence directs the annual internationalconference for the Robert K. Greenleaf Center forServant-Leadership and acts as editor of the quarterly newsletter,The Servant-Leader. Together with Spears, she is coeditor of Focuson Leadership from John Wiley & Sons.