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 of active servant leadership researchers and practitioners from around the world, this book applies Greenleaf’s original ideas to current challenges within today’s businesses. The authors explore theoretical topics such as purposefulness, compassion, personal growth and mindfulness, as well as providing practical models for implementing a servant leadership culture within organisations, with a particular focus on public administration and the health care industry.

Dirk van Dierendonck is Professor of Human Resource Management and Dean of Faculty at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Additionally he is the Academic Director of the Erasmus Centre for Human Resource Excellence. Dirk has written numerous books, book chapters and scholarly articles in major academic journals. With Kathleen Patterson he is the co-author of Servant Leadership: Developments in Theory and Research, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Kathleen Patterson serves as Professor and Director of the Doctor of Strategic Leadership program in the School of Business & Leadership at Regent University, USA. She is noted as an expert on servant leadership, and has co-coordinated three Global Servant Leadership Research Roundtables, in the Netherlands, Australia, and Iceland.