Robert K. Greenleaf (1904–1990)
Autore di Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition
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Robert K. Greenleaf was the creator of the modern trend to empower employees; he also coined the term servant-leadership. He was a top executive in management research, development, and education and AT&T, as well as a visiting lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business mostra altro School. He also taught at Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia. Upon his retirement from AT&T, he founded the Center for Applied Ethics, which eventually became the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership, located in Indianapolis. Greenleaf died in 1990 at the age of 86. mostra meno
Opere di Robert K. Greenleaf
Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition (1977) 769 copie
The Greenleaf Center's reading & dialogue study guide: For The servant as leader, The institution as servant,… (1998) 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1904
- Data di morte
- 1990-09-29
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di morte
- Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
- Attività lavorative
- management consultant
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Servant Leadership : di Robert K. Greenleaf
Par for the course of self-improvement books. The principles are good, but the style of this genre does not appeal to me.
This book challenged my thinking in regard to the role of the seminary and theological education within the church world. I appreciate much of what it says.
I have been exposed to the idea of servant leadership in the past. However, I was rather surprised to understand the implicit connection that the author appears to make between servant leadership and his own pacifistic views. What struck me is that only a pacifist can hold to the theory of servant leadership.
I have been exposed to the idea of servant leadership in the past. However, I was rather surprised to understand the implicit connection that the author appears to make between servant leadership and his own pacifistic views. What struck me is that only a pacifist can hold to the theory of servant leadership.
This is a very good book on leaders as servants; doing an excellent job of delineating what that idea truly means. The terminology can be a bit challenging as he writes across institutional lines applying his concepts to business & industry, as well as educational and religious institutions. Greenleaf suggests that foundational to a successful institution is the requirement that it must be more than simply the chief administrator who has a deep commitment. He calls for the board/trustees/synod/executive committee to be comprised of highly committed individuals who are very supportive of the missional goal of the organization. He insists that the chief administrator (CEO/president/minister) should be a first among equals. But he also insists that the equals must be equally committed to make the institution successful. The book expands and offers thoughts about the ways to accomplish this. It is not an easy read – much more like a textbook than anything else, but for those who are administrator’s there are tools here that can be utilized to build the organization.… (altro)
A collection of Greenleaf's essays on the subject of servant-leadership.
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