Robert K. Greenleaf
Robert K. Greenleaf
Robert K. Greenleafwas the founder of the modern Servant leadership movement and the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
Robert K. Greenleaf quotes about
leader choices feelings
The servant-leader is servant first... It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first...
leadership light differences
The best leaders are clear. They continually light the way, and in the process, let each person know that what they do makes a difference. The best test as a leader is: Do those served grow as persons; do they become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become leaders?
leader risk venture
A Leader is one who ventures and takes the risks of going out ahead to show the way and whom others follow, voluntarily, because they are persuaded that the leader's path is the right one-for them, probably better than they could devise for themselves.
leadership firsts needs
Leadership must first and foremost meet the needs of others.
dream vision really-great
Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream.
dream people imagination
A statement of vision is the overarching purpose, the big dream, the visionary concept-something presently out of reach-so stated that it excites the imagination and chlalenges people to work for something they do not yet know how to do.
sleep ego servant-leadership
Ego can’t sleep. It micro-manages. It disempowers. It reduces our capability. It excels in control.
leadership tests
The only test of leadership is that somebody follows.
law leader choices
Moral authority is another way to define servant leadership because it represents a reciprocal choice between leader and follower. If the leader is principle centered, he or she will develop moral authority. If the follower is principle centered, he or she will follow the leader. In this sense, both leaders and followers are followers. Why? They follow truth. They follow natural law. They follow principles. They follow a common, agreed-upon vision. They share values. They grow to trust one another.
boss way owners
Even the frankest and bravest of subordinates do not talk with their boss the same way they talk with colleagues.
persons
The work exists for the person as much as the person exists for the work.
serious failure-of-leadership
The most serious failure of leadership is the failure to foresee
choices hypothesis made
Faith is the choice of the nobler hypothesis.' Not the noblest, one never knows what that is. But the nobler, the best one can see when the choice is made.