The Chairperson's Role as Servant-leader to the Board

The Chairperson's Role as Servant-leader to the Board
Author: John Carver
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Describes the fundamental responsibilities of the chairpersonof the board: to ensure the functioning of the board and the integrity of the board process. Offers invaluable tips for helping the chair lead more effectively, such as leading the board to define its own job, design its discipline, and evaluate its performance.

Practicing Servant-Leadership

Practicing Servant-Leadership
Author: Larry C. Spears
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2016-10-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119378397

Practicing Servant-Leadership brings together a group of exceptional thinkers who offer a compendium of thought on the topic of bringing servant-leadership into the daily lives of leaders. Each contributor focuses on his or her area of expertise, exploring how servant-leadership works in the real world, using examples from a variety of organizations such as businesses, nonprofits, churches, schools, foundations, and leadership organizations. Highlights of the book's twelve essays include information on: how the idealistic vision of the servant as leader works even in the competitive world of business. encouraging leaders to begin by looking at what they themselves want to become and then to bring this knowledge into their daily leadership. how the principles of servant-leadership can enhance our understanding and practice of philanthropy. examining the board chairperson's especially vital role as a servant- leader. exploring what leaders learn from being followers. Order your copy today!

Boards That Make a Difference

Boards That Make a Difference
Author: John Carver
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2011-03-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118046706

In this revised and updated third edition, Carver continues to debunk the entrenched beliefs and habits that hobble boards and to replace them with his innovative approach to effective governance. This proven model offers an empowering and fundamental redesign of the board role and emphasizes values, vision, empowerment of both the board and staff, and strategic ability to lead leaders. Policy Governance gives board members and staff a new approach to board job design, board-staff relationships, the role of the chief executive, performance monitoring, and virtually every aspect of the board-management relationship. This latest edition has been updated and expanded to include explanatory diagrams that have been used by thousands of Carver's seminar participants. It also contains illustrative examples of Policy Governance model policies that have been created by real-world organizations. In addition, this third edition of Boards That Make a Difference includes a new chapter on model criticisms and the challenges of governance research.

The Power of Servant-Leadership

The Power of Servant-Leadership
Author: Robert K. Greenleaf
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1998-09-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1609941454

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.

The Art of Kubernesis (1 Corinthians 12:28)

The Art of Kubernesis (1 Corinthians 12:28)
Author: Larry J. Perkins
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532668007

Those who chair church boards deserve our prayers and respect. Often with little preparation or experience, they step up to lead the primary spiritual leadership team within a local congregation. When they need help, they have to search long and hard to find resources that respond to their specific questions and concerns. The Art of Kubernēsis (1 Corinthians 12:28): Leading as the Church Board Chairperson fills this gap. It takes the best ideas about chairing nonprofit boards being discussed today and carefully evaluates them. Those ideas that are compatible with biblical values and the unique nature of a church congregation contribute to this "map" for church board chairpersons. Although its primary frame of reference is congregational polity, the principles discussed can help anyone who chairs a faith-based nonprofit board.

Servant Leadership

Servant Leadership
Author: Robert K. Greenleaf
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0809105543

This highly influential book is filled with prophetic essays on what Greenleaf coined "autocratic leadership" with a holistic approach.

Leading the Congregation

Leading the Congregation
Author: Norman Shawchuck
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426729960

Leading the Congregation is a complete and definitive guide to the practice of church leadership. The book describes essential paradigms for the leader that integrate spiritual integrity and service within a "systems" view of the congregation and its ministry. This revised and updated version focuses on the challenges of congregational leadership in a culture that has fewer ties to Christian faith. The authors lay out the dual contexts in which church leaders must function–within the congregation, and as the congregation’s representative to the community–and they explain the very different skill sets required to flourish in each. Underlying the revised edition is an insistence on the congregational leader’s call from God, and cultivation of her or his relationship with God. Leadership is not the same thing as charisma, they explain; it is rather a set of attitudes and practices that each of us can and must master if we are to be worthy servants of Christ.

The Board Member's Playbook

The Board Member's Playbook
Author: Miriam Carver
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2004-06-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0787972290

The Board Member's Playbook--written for board members who are either familiar with or new to John Carver's revolutionary Policy Governance model--offers real-world scenarios that address the challenges that confront boards of all types of organizations. Step by step, the authors walk readers through a proven problem-solving sequence that allows them to find solutions consistent with the values and policies of their organizations. Designed to be flexible, the book's problem-solving methods are applicable to any challenge boards may face.

Focus on Leadership

Focus on Leadership
Author: Larry C. Spears
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2002-02-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471171190

"Focus on Leadership" ist eine Sammlung inspirierender Essays zum Thema Servant-Leadership im erwerbswirtschaftlich und nicht erwerbswirtschaftlich tätigen Unternehmensumfeld. Der Band diskutiert ausführlich, wie das Konzept der Servant-Leadership sich immer mehr an die Spitze des Führungsdenkens setzt. Ein Servant-Leader (Diener-Führungsperson) will anderen helfen, sie unterstützen und motivieren. Seine eigene Motivation schöpft er aus der Förderung seiner Mitarbeiter. Mit einem Vorwort von Ken Blanchard und Beiträgen berühmter Experten auf diesem Gebiet, wie z.B. von Max DePree, Stephen Covey, Margaret Wheatley, John Bogle und Warren Bennis. Ausführlich erörtert werden die einflussreichen und frischen Ideen, die aus der Servant-Leadership erwachsen sind, darunter das Konzept der Führung ohne Hierarchie, der Organisation im Wandel und der geteilten Verantwortung in einer globalen Umgebung.

Conversations on Servant-Leadership

Conversations on Servant-Leadership
Author: Shann Ray Ferch
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2015-02-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1438455070

Some of the world’s foremost thought leaders consider the role of leadership, love, and power in the midst of political and social upheaval. In a world where organizations and leaders face conflicts and complexity at an alarming rate, where human cruelty sometimes dominates kindness in individuals and families, and where nations hover in the shadow of moral and financial collapse, how do we find courage to forge a strong and enduring path into the future? In this book, fourteen of the world’s foremost thought leaders consider the role of leadership, love, and power in the midst of political and social upheaval. Included are interviews with former president of the Philippines Corazon Aquino; servant-leaders Margaret Wheatley, Ken Blanchard, George Zimmer, and James Autry; and others. They engage the significant leadership questions of our time and reveal an uncommon and life-affirming path toward families, organizations, and nations imbued with generosity and meaning. “There have been so many books and articles written on servant-leadership, sometimes it’s hard to know where to turn. Finally a book that is a composite of the greatest thinkers and advocates of the concept has been written. Reading this book will give you a very complete view of servant-leadership and will help you to bring it to life in your organization.” — Howard Behar, President (retired), Starbucks International