Practicing Servant Leadership Developments in Implementation

Building on the original writings of Robert K. Greenleaf, this edited collection provides new insights into servant leadership theory and broadens the conceptual framework with a developmental perspective on modern organisations. Bringing together a group

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Practicing Servant Leadership Developments in Implementation

Practicing Servant Leadership

Dirk van Dierendonck Kathleen Patterson Editors

Practicing Servant Leadership Developments in Implementation

Editors Dirk van Dierendonck Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Kathleen Patterson School of Business and Leadership Regent University Virginia Beach, VA, USA

ISBN 978-3-319-75643-1    ISBN 978-3-319-75644-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75644-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018936175 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Contents

1 Introduction   1 Dirk van Dierendonck and Kathleen Patterson Part I Positioning Servant Leadership

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2 Wisdom as a Pillar for Servant Leadership  11 Don M. Frick 3 Leader Purposefulness and Servant Leadership  25 Justin A. Irving 4 Maintaining Your Stance: History Reveals the Cost to Servant-Leaders  43 Carolyn Crippen Part II Becoming the Servant Leader  61 5 The Motivation to Serve as a Corner Stone of Servant Leadership  63 Peter Sun v

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6 Self-Reflection and Wonder as Keys to Personal Growth and Servant Leadership  81 Johan van ‘T Zet 7 Mindfulness as a Building Block for Servant Leadership 101 Armin Pircher Verdorfer and Johannes Arendt Part III Building a Servant Leadership Culture

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8 Practising Compassionate Leadership and Building Spirals of Inspiration in Business and in Public Sector 119 Jari J. Hakanen and Anne Birgitta Pessi 9 A Conceptual Framework to Operationalise Servant Leaders