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Yet, all three of these men are renowned as excellent leaders. As a reader, I was left cold by Greenleaf's hard sell of the servant-leader idea. In fact, even his allusions to Christ left me wanting a greater explanation, because, if I did not have a strong theological background, I probably would not understand how some of Jesus' acts prior to death could be considered servile actions.
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In this book, Greenleaf does an excellent job of explaining what he means by the term servant leader. He gives an in-depth description of the attributes that he thinks are necessary for an excellent leader. Moreover, he gives in-depth explanations of how servant-leaders can take up the mantle in the existing institutions today and transform them into positive forces...
However, what he fails to do is really explain why servant-leaders are crucial to today's society. He repeatedly declares that they are, but fails to really point out what consequences he thinks will occur if no servant-leaders emerge to carry out his proposed institutional changes. He fails to explain why he believes that today's leadership crisis is attributable to a lack of servant-leaders. In fact, he does not even do an adequate job of proving his theory that there is a leadership crisis, instead putting that theory out there as if it is a proven fact without substantial supporting evidence. Therefore, while this book does a wonderful job of explaining the servant-leader, the reader must look elsewhere to discover if servant leaders are even necessary and, if so, why.
Servant Leadership -- Robert K. Greenleaf Introduction to Robert K. Greenleaf In order to examine the views and philosophies of Robert K. Greenleaf -- even before reading his book -- it is helpful to review the Web site which fully describes his brainchild, "The Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership." The late Greenleaf, a former executive at AT& T, began his initial career there in management research, development and education. Following
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