Greenleaf on Servant-Leadership: Who Is the Servant-Leader?

Authors

Robert K. GreenleafFollow

Abstract

Robert K. Greenleaf coined the term servant-leadership in his seminal 1970 essay, "The Servant as Leader." The servant-leader concept has had a deep and lasting influence over the past three decades on many modern leadership ideas and practices. Greenleaf spent his first career of 40 years at AT&T, retiring as director of management research in 1964. That same year Greenleaf founded The Center for Applied Ethics (later renamed The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership). He went on to have an illustrious 25-year second career as an author, a teacher, and a consultant. Greenleaf, who died in 1990, was the author of numerous books and essays on the theme of the servant as leader. His available published books now include The Servant-Leader Within (2003), Servant-Leadership (2002, 1977), The Power of Servant-Leadership (1998), On Becoming a Servant-Leader (1996), and Seeker and Servant (1996), along with many other separately published essays that are available through The Greenleaf Center.

Recommended Citation

Greenleaf, Robert K. (2005) "Greenleaf on Servant-Leadership: Who Is the Servant-Leader?," International Journal of Servant-Leadership: Vol. 1, Article 5.
DOI: 10.33972/ijsl.319
Available at: https://repository.gonzaga.edu/ijsl/vol1/iss1/5

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