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Robert K. Greenleaf

Management Theorist

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An American management theorist who coined the term servant leadership in his 1970 essay The Servant as Leader, inspired by the servant character Leo in Hermann Hesse's novel Journey to the East; he founded what became the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership.

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Birth Year
1904 1
Death Year
1990 1
Birthplace
Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Coined the term servant leadership in his 1970 essay The Servant as Leader. 1
Notable Work
The Servant as Leader (1970) 1
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Theories and Models Developed

Servant Leadership, Management Theories
Source Wikipedia, Robert K. Greenleaf
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1. Wikipedia, Robert K. Greenleaf
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The servant-leader is servant first.… Becoming a servant-leader begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.
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