Based on the seminal work of Robert K. Greenleaf, a former AT&T executive who coined the term almost thirty years ago, servant-leadership emphasizes an emerging approach to leadership—one which puts serving others, including employees, customers, and community, first.The Power of Servant Leadership is a collection of eight of Greenleaf's most compelling essays on servant-leadership. These essays, published together in one volume for the first time, contain many of Greenleaf's best insights into the nature and practice of servant-leadership and show his continual refinement of the servant-as-leader concept. In addition, several of the essays focus on the related issues of spirit, commitment to vision, and wholeness.

This is a powerful collection of Robert Greenleaf’s final writings on servant-leadership. These essays offer hope and inspiration for those committed to caring, effective leadership. The Power of Servant-Leadership brings together eight of Greenleaf’s finest and most mature essays on the subject of servant-leadership.

While many of them reflect Greenleaf’s evolving insights into the ideas and practices which make up servant-leadership, several others focus upon related issues of spirit (Old Age: The Ultimate Test of Spirit), commitment of vision (Have You a Dream Deferred?), and seeing things whole (My Debt to E. B. White).

Edited by Larry C. Spears, with a Foreword by Peter B. Vaill.