Monthly Archives: January 2022

Greenleaf writes: One is always at two levels of consciousness: …from one level of consciousness, each of us acts resolutely from moment to moment on a set of assumptions that then governs his life.  Simultaneously, from another level, the adequacy … Continue reading →

Greenleaf writes: The failure of a leader to foresee may be viewed as an ethical failure; because a serious ethical compromise today (when the usual judgment on ethical inadequacy is made) is sometimes the result of a failure at an … Continue reading →

Today, Gentle Reader, I am going to offer you a lengthy quotation from Greenleaf’s seminal essay, ‘The Servant as Leader.’  I invite you to spend some time reflecting upon the ‘seeds for thought’ that are sown throughout these two paragraphs.  … Continue reading →

Greenleaf writes: The prudent man is the man who constantly thinks of ‘now’ as the moving concept in which past, present moment, and future are one organic unity.  And this requires living by a sort of rhythm that encourages a … Continue reading →

Greenleaf tells us that the servant-first and the servant-as-leader chooses to become committed, among other things, to the following: to be awake and aware, to seek to understand, to listen-first, to use power ethically, to seek to do no harm, … Continue reading →