On Becoming a Servant Leader: The Private Writings of Robert K. Greenleaf

The writer, consultant, and lecturer Robert K. Greenleaf is known as the grandfather of the modern empowerment movement in business leadership. Among his many accomplishments, Greenleaf founded the Center for Applied Ethics, now known as the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership, and is renowned for his influential writings on the "servant-as-leader" theme. Jossey-Bass Publishers is proud to announce the publication of On Becoming a Servant-Leader. This collection of previously unpublished work by Greenleaf demonstrates his personal and professional philosophy which postulates that "true leaders are those who lead by serving others."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. This 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 In addition, the book contains the complete manuscript of Greenleaf's previously unpublished book "The Ethic of Strength." Today's reader will find On Becoming a Servant-Leader filled with practical suggestions and useful information, such as strategies for developing effective managers and leaders and a detailed explanation of an ethic that can serve as a model for cultivating integrity. In this book, Greenleaf cites dozens of cases that exemplify the use and misuse of power in the twentieth century and he lays out the tools for exercising persuasive power. In addition to its practical applications, On Becoming a Servant-Leader paints an intimate portrait of a man who was one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers. In his own words, Greenleaf explains how his experience of working with AT&T — which he called "an adventure in spirit" — transformed his thinking about organizations. The book concludes with a personal conversation b

Uplift Your Heart and Increase Your Effectiveness

Delve into the personal writings of the grandfather of the modern empowerment movement in business leadership. In this collection of previously unpublished works, eminent writer, consultant, and lecturer Robert Greenleaf shares his personal and professional philosophy, which postulates that true leaders are those who lead by serving others. Spanning a time frame of fifty years, these essays and lectures touch on such key issues as power, ethics, management, organizations, and servanthood. And they offer the reader a wealth of practical suggestions and useful information garnered through the course of a remarkable career.

DON M. FRICK is an associate editor of the Greenleaf Archives Project. LARRY C. SPEARS is executive director of the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership and editor of Reflections on Leadership (1995).

Foreword by Peter F. Drucker.

THE ETHIC OF STRENGTH: MANUSCRIPT FOR A BOOK.

1. Something to Hope For.

2. A Concept of Strength.

3. The Search.

4. The Requirements of Responsibility.

5. Openness to Knowledge.

6. The Practice of Openness.

7. The Future Is Now.

8. Entheos and Growth.

9. Purpose and Laughter.

10. A Dream.

ESSAYS ON POWER, MANAGEMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONS.

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.

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.

My Work at AT&T: An Adventure in Spirit.

Manager, Administrator, Statesman.

The Making of a Distinguished Institution.

Retirement Communities.

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.

IN PERSON WITH ROBERT K. GREENLEAF.

A Conversation with Robert K. Greenleaf.