Introductory Commentary


The Undergraduate Journal of Servant Leadership

Gustavus Adolphus College (Saint Peter, Minnesota)

In collaboration with

The Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis, Indiana)

2012

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Journal Editor

Larry C. Spears

President & CEO, The Spears Center for Servant-Leadership

(lspears@spearscenter.org)

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Journal Advisor

Richard Leider

Founder/Chairman, The Inventure Group

(richardleider@mac.com)

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Gustavus Adolphus College

Jack Ohle

President, Gustavus Adolphus College

(president@gustavus.edu)

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Gustavus Center for Servant Leadership

Jeff Stocco

Director, Center for Servant Leadership

(stocco@gustavus.edu)

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Rev. Grady St. Dennis

Associate Director, Center for Servant Leadership

(stdennis@gustavus.edu)

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Chris Johnson

Associate Director, Center for Servant Leadership

(cjohnso5@gustavus.edu)

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Jeffrey Rathlef

Associate Director, Center for Servant Leadership

(jrathlef@gustavus.edu)

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Amy Pehrson

Assistant Director, Center for Servant Leadership

(apehrson@gustavus.edu)

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Dave Newell

Assistant Director, Center for Servant Leadership

(dnewell@gustavus.edu)

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The Best Test of Servant-Leadership

 

The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The best test is: do those served grow as persons; do they, while being served, be­come healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to be­come servants? And, what is the effect on the least privileged in society?  Will they benefit, or at least not be further deprived?

—Robert K. Greenleaf

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Introductory Comments