Lead Change Blog

MARCH 1, 2017

The current public personas of people whom we would title “leaders” are a far cry from the model Robert Greenleaf developed during his 40 years with American Telephone and Telegraph (now AT&T). In 1964 he took an early retirement to found the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. institutions was not working.

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Servant Leader Greenleaf Covey Blanchard 150

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

During the 20th century, researchers began to focus on the situational context of leadership leading to the development of contingency theories which suggest that different leadership styles are effective in different situations. This is a good conversation to have with your leadership team. Disagree with?

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Contingency Theory Leadership Leadership Styles Ethics 116

The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Servant leadership is a philosophy that was developed in the early 1970s by Robert Greenleaf. A philosophy, as we know, is a filter of sorts that informs how to process events, develop perspective and make decisions. Suffice to say, when servant leadership was unveiled, it caused quite a stir.

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Situational Leadership Servant Leader Leadership Hersey 104

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2012

While there have been thousands of books written about leadership, there are a handful of leadership models that have served me well as a leader and leadership development practitioner. Situation Leadership. Developed by Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey, it’s a timeless classic. Servant Leadership.

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Hersey Blanchard Drotter Leadership 291

Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Following Servant Leadership practices as you build relationships with those you lead helps make them more autonomous, better employees and citizens, and empowers them to being more proactive in their work. Why do you advocate Servant Leadership? As Greenleaf wrote, there is a healing in the process of serving others.

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Servant Leader Mission Statement Greenleaf Leadership 189

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 5, 2010

Most leaders that I work with could insert more inquiry into their leadership style. Inquiry (or more appropriately, asking questions to coach others to come up with their own solutions) is a central skill set for helping others to develop. I work almost exclusively with mid- to upper- management in organizations. Hang in there.

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Leadership Styles Greenleaf Maslow Blog 202

CO2

APRIL 20, 2012

PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP THEORY. The id ea of a participative leadership style arises from the work of Dr. Rensis Likert in 1967. Likert proposed several types of leadership styles including exploitative authoritative, benevolent authoritative, consultative, and participative. PATH-GOAL THEORY OF LEADERSHIP.

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Leadership Contingency Theory Leadership Styles Proposal 131