The Servant Leader: Unleashing the Power of Your People

by Robert P. Neuschel

In The Servant Leader, Robert P. Neuschel makes the case that our leadership is experiencing a diminution in ethics and a loss of enduring values. These weakening factors are exacerbated by a preoccupation with the short term. As Neuschel puts it, "We are more concerned about achieving quick shareholder value than building an enduring organization that can increase its capacity to produce useful products or services more competitively and more effectively on an enduring basis." He lays the blame at the feet of our corporate leadership.

He what steps might we take to revitalize the quality and strength of our leadership? He then forcefully and straightforwardly gives an outline of what he believes are the major changes in leadership we must bring about. As a professor of management and strategy, and earlier, as a director and senior partner at a major consulting firm, and as a captain in the U. S. Army, Neuschel observed the best of leadership, and practiced it. He shares his insights with us in The Servant Leader.

Genres: Leadership

138 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1981

Reviews

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting book even if it is a little dated. The servant leader is a concept that can bring more work harmony and this book explains how to make it work. I could do without all the religious notes and quotes. A little more detail would have been great and these two reason bring the rating down to 4 stars.

[Tarek El Tabey · Rating 4 out of 5]

New insights on Leadership, and how you don't actually have to be in a managing role to be a good leader.. the WHY you should become a leader is explained before the HOW in this book, I recommend of course!