International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Abstract
The humanistic concepts undergirding the common good and servant-leadership—“the protection of human dignity and the promotion of societal well-being” (Pirson, 2017, p. 2) —are ancient, aspirational, and enduring. These theories resonate with various wisdom traditions and have been associated with and/or examined by consequential thoughtleaders such as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, John Rawls, Mother Teresa, and Desmond Tutu (Howell & Wanasika, 2018; Keith, 2015; Trompenaars & Voerman, 2009; Tutu, 1999; Velasquez et al., 2014). Among the many key contributors to the development of the common good and servant-leadership were Saint John XXIII and Robert Greenleaf, whose influential ideas in the 1960s and 1970s nourished their vocational discernment and ignited a quiet revolution in worship spaces and workplaces throughout the world.
Recommended Citation
Tran, Dung Q. and Spears, Larry C.
(2019)
"The Common Good and Servant-Leadership: Rocks Upon Which Good Societies, Organizations, and Leaders Are Built,"
International Journal of Servant-Leadership: Vol. 13, Article 6.
DOI: 10.33972/ijsl.52
Available at:
https://repository.gonzaga.edu/ijsl/vol13/iss1/6
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