Monthly Archives: October 2022

Gentle Reader, please see PART I for the context of what follows. Listening Intently & Receptively.  Listening first to understand what is emerging from within you AND at the same time listening to understand what is emerging from the other; … Continue reading →

Discipline is not rooted in external compulsion; it is rooted in the habits of the mind and is manifested in our choices and behavior.  I have found that for the servant, whether leader or follower, there are a number of … Continue reading →

Why servant-as-leader?  Greenleaf wrote: ‘. . .if one is servant, either leader or follower, one is always searching.’  I am inherently curious and my curiosity is one of the tap roots that feeds and supports my searching (which for me … Continue reading →

Recently I was reflecting upon a question that a person posed: ‘Why servant-as-leader?’  Why, indeed?  Here is some of what emerged into my consciousness as I held this question (you might remember, Gentle Reader, that there are three types of … Continue reading →

Greenleaf specifically uses the term ‘caring’ in his essays, speeches and letters.  I am not clear as to what he means by the term.  For example, in his ‘Credo’ (his ‘I believe’ statement) he says that a charge of the … Continue reading →