Monthly Archives: September 2014

Today, gentle reader, I offer you a poem that emerged into my consciousness on 15 April, 2009. I was guiding a servant-leader learning session with some folks in Singapore. It was late afternoon of the second day, we were in … Continue reading →

In 1980 Greenleaf wrote: My position is: if we are to move toward a more caring, serving society than we now have, competition must be muted. . . I believe that serving and competing are antithetical; the stronger the urge … Continue reading →

Two more of Greenleaf’s ‘Deep Currents’ that go ‘hand in glove’ are ‘Humility’ and ‘Continuous Regeneration.’ One of my mother’s favorite phrases, the one she would offer up when one of us became ‘too full of ourselves’ was: ‘Be Humble!’ … Continue reading →

For more than forty years the idea of a personal, relational, and organizational ‘Vision’ has been in vogue. Yet, few individuals, relationships, and organizations have emerged a vision and for those who have espoused a vision, even fewer have actually … Continue reading →

Greenleaf was a self-proclaimed ‘gradualist’ – he did spend close to 40 years influencing folks at AT&T. Gradualism continues to be counter to our culture in the United States. In 1980, Greenleaf wrote: We know how to mature the servant … Continue reading →