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International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Abstract

My dictionary offers the following definitions for the words: Heart, Mind, and Spirit- • Heart: regarded as the seat of emotions, personality, attributes. • Mind: the thinking and perceiving part of consciousness. • Spirit: a pervading animating principle, essential, or characteristic quality of life. I believe that all three of these are important to understanding the essential nature of servant-leadership. Standard practices are rapidly shifting toward the ideas put forward by Robert Greenleaf, Stephen Covey, Peter Senge, Max DePree, Margaret Wheatley, Ken Blanchard, and many others who suggest that there is a better way to lead and manage our organizations. Robert Greenleaf's writings on the subject of servant-leadership helped to get this movement started, and his views have had a profound and growing effect on many. -From "Servant-Leadership: Heart, Mind, Spirit," by Larry C. Spears, Servant-Leadership: Heart, Mind, Spirit (Shann Ferch and Larry C. Spears, Editors) Forthcoming in 2009 In preparing for today's program, I did a Google search of the words "servant-leader" and "Mennonite" and came across some fascinating articles.

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