Tag Archives: Leadership for Social Change

The Paradox of “Leadership Lists”

So many books on leadership and management feature lists.  There’s Edwards Deming’s “14 Management Principles,” Steven Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” Robert Quinn’s “8 Seed Thoughts.” Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals contains 11 rules on “the ethics of means … Continue reading

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The “Structure” of “The Servant as Leader”

Note:  This is the lead post in a series on Robert Greenleaf’s The Servant as Leader.  A seminal piece in leadership theory, this small book—a long essay, actually—started the whole field of Servant Leadership studies.  See end for a list … Continue reading

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The “New Heroes”

These “New Heroes” are techies, business men and women, entrepreneurs, and social workers committed to tackling social issues from poverty and human trafficking to greening the planet.  The DVD pictured at left—The New Heroes: Their Bottom Line Is Lives—was produced … Continue reading

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