Global Servant-Leadership: Wisdom, Love, and Legitimate Power in the Age of Chaos

by Philip Mathew (Editor), Jiying Song (Editor), Shann Ray Ferch (Editor), Larry C. Spears (Editor), Yusuf Alan (Contribution by)

Overview

In Global Servant-Leadership: Wisdom, Love and Legitimate Power in the Age of Chaos, leadership scholars and practitioners from around the globe share their insights on servant-leadership philosophy, representing diverse contexts and cultures, and reflecting a variety of approaches to servant-leadership through cutting-edge research, conceptual models, and practice-oriented case studies. The contributors to this collection address some of the most significant leadership challenges of the twenty-first century to reveal a path toward more healthy and sustainable individuals, families, organizations, and nations. Global Servant-Leadership challenges not only the rigidly held assumptions of traditional, hierarchical leadership approaches, but provides an antidote to the cynicism so often present within workplaces, political struggles, and individual and family crises of contemporary polarized nation states.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781793621870
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	11/12/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
Sales rank:	842,233
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Philip Mathew is professor of organizational leadership and resource management at Olympic College.

Jiying Song is assistant professor of business and economics at Northwestern College and the associate editor of The International Journal of Servant-Leadership.

Shann Ray Ferch is professor of leadership in leadership studies at Gonzaga University.

Larry C. Spears is president & CEO of the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership, Inc.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Re-imagining Power in Leadership: Reflection, Integration, and Servant-Leadership

Karel San Juan

Chapter 2: Servant-Leadership: Sustaining Democratic Schools

Carolyn Crippen

Chapter 3: Leadership Development for Today’s Ktunaxa Youth: Command Structure versus the Crazy Dog Society

Christopher Horsethief

Chapter 4: Art and Literature in a Servant-Leadership Curriculum for Undergraduate Female Students Who Are From Mexican Migrant Farm Worker Backgrounds

Patricia Valdés

Chapter 5: Servant-Leadership in a Changing Culture: Reflections on the Brazilian Context

Robson Marinho and Josmar Arrais

Chapter 6: What Can Hunter-Gatherers Teach Us About Servant-Leadership?

Richard Leider and Larry C. Spears

Chapter 7: The Anchor of Servant-Leadership: Julius Nyerere and the Virtue of Humility

Peter Mulinge

Chapter 8: A Kenyan on Servant-Leadership: Harambee and Service

Jeremiah Ole Koshal & Kathleen Patterson

Chapter 9: A Priest Forever: The Story Of Rev. Florence Li Tim-Oi

Peter Lim

Chapter 10: One Woman’s Struggle: A Reflection on Servant-Leadership

Margaret Muchiri

Chapter 11: Waiting in Line

Muzabel Welongo

Chapter 12: Xhosa Tribal Culture And Its Influence On The Servant-Leadership Of Nelson Mandela

Mary Sobralske

Chapter 13: Fethullah Gülen as a Servant-Leader

Gürkan Çelik.and Yusuf Alan

Chapter 14: Learners’ Perceptions of Servant-Leadership in Classrooms

Kong Wah Chan

Chapter 15: Accentuating Servant-Leadership in Singapore Leadership Mentoring

Lim Lee Hean and Low Guat Tin

Chapter 16: Human Rights from its Origins to the Twenty-First Century: A Journey through Empathy, Love, the Will to Power, and the Will to Meaning

Toni Jiménez Luque

Chapter 17: Servant-Leadership in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia

Areej Abdullah Shafai

Chapter 18: The Servant-Leader as Persuader: Sardar Vallabhai Patel and the Integration of India

Philip Mathew

Editorial Reviews

This is a much needed and superb contribution to the world of servant-leadership. By focusing on contributions from many different countries and cultures, the contributors refresh and renew our understanding and practical applications of servant-leadership. It is a truly inspirational book that shows us how much we can learn from our fellow leaders in all parts of the world and their work in serving others.

Ralph Lewis

Global Servant-Leadership: Wisdom, Love and Legitimate Power in the Age of Chaos provides a vast, contextualized bibliography on servant leadership. But it is much more than a comprehensive reference collection. Though scholarly, the authors reveal the beauty and meaning and graceful power of other-centered leaders in stunningly diverse contexts. I can’t imagine anyone now sitting down to write on leadership without this book as a companion.

Bill Robinson

Global Servant-Leadership: Wisdom, Love and Legitimate Power in the Age of Chaos is an impressive read. It is an anthology of inspirational studies that deepen the understanding of servant-leadership principles and practices in diverse cultures and communities. As the chief academic officer of a community college, each of the studies in this remarkable collection would have been a thought-provoking read for my team of deans during our semi-monthly leadership meetings.

Marleen Ramsey

Global Servant-Leadership: Wisdom, Love and Legitimate Power in the Age of Chaos weaves a rich tapestry of research and experience that furthers the study and practice of servant-leadership. Edited and written by servant-leaders, this rich compilation of articles from around the world will engage students and enhance my work as an educator, bringing a much-needed broader, more inclusive perspective. Well done!

Mary Jo Lewis

Global Servant-Leadership: Wisdom, Love and Legitimate Power in the Age of Chaos is an impressive read. It is an anthology of inspirational studies that deepen the understanding of servant-leadership principles and practices in diverse cultures and communities. As the chief academic officer of a community college, each of the studies in this remarkable collection would have been a thought-provoking read for my team of deans during our semi-monthly leadership meetings.

This is a much needed and superb contribution to the world of servant-leadership. By focusing on contributions from many different countries and cultures, the contributors refresh and renew our understanding and practical applications of servant-leadership. It is a truly inspirational book that shows us how much we can learn from our fellow leaders in all parts of the world and their work in serving others.

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