The Servant as Leader

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This is the essay that started it all. Powerful poetic and practical. The Servant as Leader describes some of the characteristics and activities of servant-leaders providing examples which show that individual efforts inspired by vision and a servant ethic can make a substantial difference in the quality of society. Greenleaf discusses the skills necessary to be a servant-leader; the importance of awareness foresight and listening; and the contrasts between coercive manipulative and persuasive power. A must-read.