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An Interview with Larry Spears, a Servant-Leadership Legend

Modern Servant Leader

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. Larry is also the one who studied Greenleaf’s writings for years, extracted and shared the very popular 10 Characteristics of Servant-Leadership. A very humble man, he often points to Robert Greenleaf as the source of his message.

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An Interview with Larry Spears, a Servant-Leadership Legend

Modern Servant Leader

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. Larry is also the one who studied Greenleaf’s writings for years, extracted and shared the very popular 10 Characteristics of Servant-Leadership. A very humble man, he often points to Robert Greenleaf as the source of his message.

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Leading in a Time of Crisis – Top Tips from Dozens of Practitioners

Modern Servant Leader

Among these are 1) sincere interest in others, 2) self-knowledge, 3) reflection, 4) humility, 5) willingness to work in teams, 6) social responsibility, 7) ability to create an important dream and hope, 8) ability to foresee patterns and 9) skills to make decisions based on observations and best knowledge.

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Author Interview: “The 8 Essential Skills for Supervisors and.

Persuasive Powerhouse

So with that out of the way, I am pleased to tell you that The 8 Essential Skills for Supervisors and Managers is a book that belongs in the hands of all leaders – whether they have direct reports or not. What are the 8 skills? Who are the audiences that will most benefit from The 8 Essential Skills? and skill 8 was born.

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SERVANT Leaders are Empathetic – Acronym Model

Modern Servant Leader

Skilled Communication (Frick & Sipe). Spears, Larry: Power of Servant Leaders (Greenleaf, Spears, 1998); Servant Leadership: A Journey into… (Greenleaf, Spears, 2002); and more. Previous servant leadership models defined many empathetic attributes as important to servant leaders. Empathy (Spears, Frick & Sipe).

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Use the History of Leadership to Lead Better Today

Mark Sanborn

Another important leadership theory is Servant Leadership popularized by Robert Greenleaf in the seventies. Listening is always on the list of essential leadership skills and yet so rarely done well. Be a good communicator: Clearly communicate your vision and goals, and provide regular feedback on progress.

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Co-Created Leadership

LDRLB

For example, the idea of servant leadership, as described by Ronald Greenleaf and others, to some extent turns this model on its head. Success – or failure – continues to depend on the skills, attributes and competencies of the leader as individual. ‘I Leadership co-creation greenleaf servant leadership witzel'

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