Greenleaf Center For Servant Leadership

In the Catalog

What is servant leadership? Is it a philosophy, or a theory, or a set of values, or a list of characteristics, or a series of practices—or some combination of all of these things? Professor Stephen Prosser addresses these questions in the context of the literature and research on servant leadership in the new essay Servant Leadership: More Philosophy, Less Theory. After reviewing the ways in which people try to describe and explain leadership, he provides six reasons why servant leadership is a philosophy, not a theory, concerning service and the practice of leadership. The essay is concise, and designed for the practitioner. To buy copies of the essay, click here.

Servant-Institutions in Business by Jerry Glashagel, Greenleaf Center Program Consultant, is now available. The 84-page book tells how eight companies approach the challenge of serving their employees, customers, business partners and community partners and outlines the characteristics of servant-institutions in business. To order copies, click here.

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The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership

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Welcome to the website of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, an international non-profit organization! We invite you to learn about us and about servant leadership. You can learn more about servant leadership through our annual conference, our online catalog of books and materials, and our Speakers Bureau. You can become a member and access resources for members. We will be happy to send you a free information packet. Please contact us if you have any questions or comments. We look forward to hearing from you!

Greenleaf Hosts Inaugural Healthcare Conference

hclogo2 The Greenleaf Center is pleased to present its first Greenleaf Healthcare Conference on October 26-27, 2010 at the Frontier Airlines Center (formerly Midwest Airlines Center) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conference theme is “Leading with a Servant’s Heart.” The conference is for leaders in the healthcare industry who are practicing servant leadership, or are interested in how servant leadership can improve the service and effectiveness of their organizations.

The conference is being launched in cooperation with Ken Jennings of Third River Partners and the Cleveland Clinic. Ken is the co-author of a number of books, including The Serving Leader. The Cleveland Clinic is respected internationally as a leader in healthcare services. The conference will include six featured presenters, and 16 workshops. For more information, or to register, click here.