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On becoming a servant-leader / Robert K. Greenleaf ; Don M. Frick, Larry C. Spears, editors ; foreword by Peter F. Drucker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1996.Edition: 1st edDescription: xx, 394 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0787902306 (acidfree paper)
  • 9780787902308 (acidfree paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: On becoming a servant-leader.DDC classification:
  • 303.3/4 20
LOC classification:
  • HM141 .G685 1996
Other classification:
  • 85.08
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. The ethic of strength : manuscript for a book. Something to hope for ; A concept of strength ; The search ; The requirements of responsibility ; Openness to knowledge ; The practice of openness ; The future is now ; Entheos and growth ; Purpose and laughter ; A dream -- pt. 2. Essays on power, management, and organizations. Power : Business, ethics, and manipulation ; Coercion, manipulation, and persuasion : reflections on a strategy for change ; Power in the executive office ; Lessons on power ; Building the ethic of strength in business -- Management : Industry's means for personality adjustment ; Behavioral research : a factor in tomorrow's better management ; The operator versus the conceptualizer : an issue of management talents ; The managerial mind ; Growing greatness in managers -- Organizations : My work at AT&T : an adventure in spirit ; Manager, administrator, statesman ; The making of a distinguished institution ; Retirement communities -- pt. 3. Leadership and the individual : the Dartmouth lectures. The crisis of leadership ; The strategies of a leader ; Leadership and the unknown ; Leadership and foresight ; The individual as leader -- pt. 4. In person with Robert K. Greenleaf. A conversation with Robert K. Greenleaf.
Summary: On Becoming a Servant-Leader, a collection of previously unpublished work by Greenleaf, demonstrates his personal and professional philosophy, which postulates that true leaders are those who lead by serving others. Spanning a time frame of more than fifty years, this collection includes original essays focused on the key issues - power, ethics, management, organizations, and servanthood - that are reflective of the evolution of Greenleaf's remarkable career. The book also presents "Leadership and the Individual," a series of lectures that Greenleaf delivered at Dartmouth College. In addition, the book contains the complete manuscript of Greenleaf's previously unpublished book "The Ethic of Strength.".
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-380) and index.

pt. 1. The ethic of strength : manuscript for a book. Something to hope for ; A concept of strength ; The search ; The requirements of responsibility ; Openness to knowledge ; The practice of openness ; The future is now ; Entheos and growth ; Purpose and laughter ; A dream -- pt. 2. Essays on power, management, and organizations. Power : Business, ethics, and manipulation ; Coercion, manipulation, and persuasion : reflections on a strategy for change ; Power in the executive office ; Lessons on power ; Building the ethic of strength in business -- Management : Industry's means for personality adjustment ; Behavioral research : a factor in tomorrow's better management ; The operator versus the conceptualizer : an issue of management talents ; The managerial mind ; Growing greatness in managers -- Organizations : My work at AT&T : an adventure in spirit ; Manager, administrator, statesman ; The making of a distinguished institution ; Retirement communities -- pt. 3. Leadership and the individual : the Dartmouth lectures. The crisis of leadership ; The strategies of a leader ; Leadership and the unknown ; Leadership and foresight ; The individual as leader -- pt. 4. In person with Robert K. Greenleaf. A conversation with Robert K. Greenleaf.

On Becoming a Servant-Leader, a collection of previously unpublished work by Greenleaf, demonstrates his personal and professional philosophy, which postulates that true leaders are those who lead by serving others. Spanning a time frame of more than fifty years, this collection includes original essays focused on the key issues - power, ethics, management, organizations, and servanthood - that are reflective of the evolution of Greenleaf's remarkable career. The book also presents "Leadership and the Individual," a series of lectures that Greenleaf delivered at Dartmouth College. In addition, the book contains the complete manuscript of Greenleaf's previously unpublished book "The Ethic of Strength.".

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