Kenneth Blanchard and Phil Hodges, Servant Leader: Transforming Your Heart, Head, Hands and Habits. Thomas Nelson, 2003. Referenced in: Servant Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is one of several books by Ken Blanchard on servant leadership. It is probably not the first book to read on the subject, but still makes useful contributions. His “Twelve Steps
Kenneth Blanchard, Bill Hybels and Phil Hodges, Leadership by the Book: Tools to Transform Your Workplace. William Morrow, 1999. Referenced in: Servant Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This volume conveys the principles of servant leadership through Blanchard’s signature story format. This time the dialogue is between a professor and a minister who mentor a young professional in.
Kenneth Blanchard and Phil Hodges, Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time. Thomas Nelson, 2008. Referenced in: Servant Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary Here the authors explain the concepts that are introduced in the story-formatted Leadership by the Book, and organize the principles of servant leadership into 365 devotionals around a
James W. Sipe and Don M. Frick, The Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership: Practicing the Wisdom of Leading by Serving. Paulist Press, 2009. Companion volume: Greenleaf and Spears, Servant Leadership Referenced in: Servant Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a development of the Greenleaf Servant Leadership philosophy that is built upon seven pillars. A person of
James C. Hunter, The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle: How to Become a Servant Leader. Waterbrook Press, 2004. Prequel: Hunter, The Servant Referenced in: Servant Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a follow up to Hunter’s first volume on the subject, The Servant. It is a more organized presentation of what The Servant conveys in story
James C. Hunter, The Servant: A Simple Story about the True Essence of Leadership. Crown Business, 1998. Sequel: Hunter, The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle Referenced in: Servant Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary One of the best ways to learn the principles of leadership is through the form of story. James Hunter captures the essence of servant
Robert K. Greenleaf and Larry Spears, Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness, 25th Anniversary Edition. Paulist Press, 2002. Companion volume: Sipe and Frick, Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership Referenced in: Servant Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary Greenleaf’s books and his organization, The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership are the recognized authorities
Bill Hybels and Rob Wilkins, Descending into Greatness. Zondervan, 1994. Referenced in: Servant Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary Hybels develops the theme of servant leadership with the term “downward mobility.” Although based on biblical exposition on the how Jesus led others, the chief value of this volume comes from the stories of people from all walks of
Walter C. Wright, Relational Leadership: A Biblical Model for Influence and Service. Second and Revised Edition. Authentic Press, 2009. Referenced in: Servant Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a respected volume on servant leadership from an author associated with the Max De Pree Center for Leadership (this adds weight to its publication). The contribution is Wright’s
Robert McKenna, Dying to Lead: Sacrificial Leadership in a Self-Centered World. Xulon Press, 2008. Referenced in: Servant Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary McKenna’s contribution is in helping leaders ask why they want to lead. What are the leader’s motivations? It also helps in building courage in those who know that if they lead, they must put to
