Leveraging the Power of Servant Leadership

Description

This book provides a consistent model to understand leadership as a dynamic combination of vision, action, mobilization, and change. It puts servant leadership into a historical and theoretical context while providing a research-based approach and conceptual model that deepens our understanding of the topic. Further, it provides ways to implement this approach to leadership in real organizational settings. The goal is to bridge the gap between scholarly research and the practical realities of leadership within organizations, communities, and society at large. The author presents the Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA) and model with research support which will guide students and leaders in evaluating organizational health and effectiveness. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv The Purpose of Leadership: Leadership That Moves the World (James Laub)....Pages 1-14 The Story of Leadership: The Historical Development of Leadership Thought (James Laub)....Pages 15-44 Defining Leadership: The Critical Role of Definition Making (James Laub)....Pages 45-71 Explaining the Servant Mindset: The OLA Servant Leadership Model (James Laub)....Pages 73-111 Model Building for Servant Leadership: 1991–2016 (James Laub)....Pages 113-133 Responding to Misconceptions and Objections to Servant Leadership (James Laub)....Pages 135-159 The Three Mindsets of Leadership: Autocratic, Paternalistic, and Servant (James Laub)....Pages 161-186 The Servant Organization: Levels of Organizational Health (James Laub)....Pages 187-208 Servant Leadership Research Review: Eighteen Years of OLA Research (James Laub)....Pages 209-232 Considering Servant Organizational Structures (James Laub)....Pages 233-254 Leveraging Servant Leadership Power (James Laub)....Pages 255-275 Mindshifting: The Critical Thinking Leader (James Laub)....Pages 277-306 Implementing Servant Leadership to Move the World (James Laub)....Pages 307-327 Back Matter ....Pages 329-335