Monthly Archives: February 2022

In choosing a vocation, you should have as your primary aim that of finding in the work in which you are engaged that which is uniquely you. –Robert K. Greenleaf I believe that Greenleaf emerged ‘work’ that was ‘uniquely’ Greenleaf.  … Continue reading →

The poet Maya Angelou offers us ‘The Question’: ‘Do you know, do you comprehend, in the moment, who or what you serve?’  Gentle Reader, I invite you to stop, step-back and take some time to reflect upon and respond to … Continue reading →

Robert K. Greenleaf was aware of his ‘Life’s Choices as Markers.’  He captured his reflections in a short essay that he titled: ‘Life’s Choices as Markers.’  Greenleaf talked and wrote about five individuals who deeply affected his ‘choices.’  These ‘choices’ … Continue reading →

Greenleaf was clear that ‘appropriate withdrawal’ is crucial for the person who seeks to be a servant-first and perhaps to then be called to be a servant-leader.  Greenleaf also said that ‘awareness is important’ and that ‘to refuse to examine … Continue reading →

In his seminal essay, The Servant as Leader, Robert K. Greenleaf (who first wrote about this concept in 1969) writes: “The difference [between the ‘servant-first’ and the ‘leader-first’] manifests itself in the care taken by the servant-first to make sure … Continue reading →