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Nine Characteristics of Effective, Caring Leaders

By na - Nine Characteristics of Effective, Caring Leaders by the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Nice concise summary on one page. (Added: 15-Jan-2010 Hits: 286 )

Servant leadership

By na - Short instant take on what servant leadership is. ^new (Added: 15-Feb-2011 Hits: 127 )

Servant leadership - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

By Wikipedia - Servant leadership is a philosophy and practice of leadership, coined and defined by Robert Greenleaf and supported by many leadership and management writers such as James Autry, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Peter Block, Peter Senge, Max DePree, Larry Spears, Margaret Wheatley, Jim Hunter, Kent Keith, Ken Jennings and others. Servant-leaders achieve results for their organizations by giving priority attention to the needs of their colleagues and those they serve. Servant-leaders are often seen as humble stewards of their organization's resources (human, financial and physical). (Added: 15-Jan-2010 Hits: 241 )

Servant Leadership 101

By Mike White - There is a swing in corporate boardrooms and human resource training that has nothing to do with innovation and productivity. It is a shift in philosophy away from the dog-eat-dog way of climbing to the top and stomping on top of people along the way. It is not your father's way of doing business but in this world of consciousness, it is the one way to best identify the new heart and soul of today's businessmen and women. That philosophy is a new way of leading. Its foundation is spiritual and its roots old and ancient but the effect that servant leadership has on an organization whether non-profit or for-profit is immeasurable. (Added: 16-Dec-2009 Hits: 409 )

Servant Leadership 101

By Mike White - There is a swing in corporate boardrooms and human resource training that has nothing to do with innovation and productivity. It is a shift in philosophy away from the dog-eat-dog way of climbing to the top and stomping on top of people along the way. It is not your father's way of doing business but in this world of consciousness, it is the one way to best identify the new heart and soul of today's businessmen and women. That philosophy is a new way of leading. Its foundation is spiritual and its roots old and ancient but the effect that servant leadership has on an organization whether non-profit or for-profit is immeasurable (Added: 15-Jan-2010 Hits: 294 )

Servant Leadership in Modern Business - Why Does It Work For Some and Not Others

By Shana Nickolson - Author and motivational speaker Zig Zigler said that you can have everything in life you want if you only help enough other people get what they want first. That, in essence, is the foundation of the servant leadership management model. More to the point, if you serve your employees interests before your own they willunderstand that the organization is doing what's best for them and act in a way that benefits the whole of their own accord.Although it might sound a bit touchy-feely, there is concrete evidence that suggests it isn't merely feel-good nonsense. (Added: 15-Jan-2010 Hits: 395 )

The Focus of Leadership | Service | Servant Leadership @ LeadershipNow

By Michael McKinney - deals, the beliefs it cherishes, of its permanent hopes, of the faith which makes a nation out of a mere aggregation of individuals." Custodians. The word means a keeper, a guardian, or a caretaker. It is a proactive word that implies action on the part of the bearer. Custodians hold something in trust on behalf of others. It is not a behavior motivated out of self-interest. A custodian then, is an individual who upholds what is best for all people even if it may not be in their own interest to do so. A custodial role must be approached as a temporary role, preserving something greater than the self—principles of enduring and lasting value. This is an attitude of mind that focuses on the task at hand and not on what the leader may gain from the position. It implies a caring and concerned relationship between leaders and followers; individuals motivated by their constituents' best interests. ^new (Added: 15-Feb-2011 Hits: 102 )

What is Servant Leadership?

By na - The phrase “Servant Leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay that he first published in 1970. In that essay, he said: "The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions…The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Between them there are shadings and blends that are part of the infinite variety of human nature." (Added: 15-Jan-2010 Hits: 181 )