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Servant-Leadership Introduction & Overview

2008-02-28, PPT | PDF , Benjamin Lichtenwalner,

Servant-Leadership Slides
"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..."
   - Robert K. Greenleaf.
 
Not familiar with Servant-Leadership? Check out this short powerpoint deck focused on introducing the topic to executives and IT Leaders. In addition, you can read this blog post describing many of the core attributes of servant-leadership, check out some of the videos below or visit the sites below for more information.

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Servant-Leadership Videos

Colleen Barrett on Servant-Leadership at Southwest
2008-07-09, YouTube , Colleen Barret,

President of SouthWest Airlines, Colleen Barrett, speaks about Servant-Leadership at SouthWest while addressing UPenn Wharton:
 

Dateline Segment on Servant-Leadership
2004-02-28, YouTube | HTML , Dateline NBC,

Dateline on NBC presented this piece on a largely religion-focused view of Servant-Leadership. It includes an interview with Larry Spears and a section on the success at Starbucks.
 

Ken Melrose on Servant-Leadership at Baylor University
?, Baylor University | ASX , Dateline NBC,

From Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business Website: "Ken Melrose, president of Leading by Serving and former CEO of The Toro Company, spoke to Baylor alumni and Executive MBA students about servant leadership."
 

Other Servant-Leadership Sites

Servant Leadership Organizations,

Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership: www.Greenleaf.org
Spears Center for Servant Leadership: www.SpearsCenter.org
Network for Servant Leadership: ServantLeadership.Ning.com

Servant Leadership Blogs,

Servant Leadership Blog, led by Viterbo University: www.servantleadershipblog.com

Servant Leadership Consultants / Authors,

James D. Hunter: www.JamesHunter.com
Don M. Frick: www.DonFrick.com
James A. Autry: www.JamesAAutry.com
Servant Leader Associates: www.Servant-LeaderAssociates.com

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