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Mary C. Schaefer, Wilmington, Delaware, (area code 302) 367-4765.
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CCL's Ethics & Leadership Poll Results 10/2004

The Center for Creative Leadership October 2004 Leading Effectively e-Newsletter was about ethics in the workplace.  Readers were asked for their perspectives on ethics and leadership.

Ethics & Leadership from the Center for Creative Leadership

Click here for October 2004 newsletter from the Center for Creative Leadership on Ethics & Leadership

Includes brief essays titled:

Ethics, Trust and Making Decisions
A Case for Character
The Five E's of Character Development
Look Inward: Self-insight Strengthens Integrity
A Moral Muddle? Why Organizations Struggle with Ethics

Fr*EE Leadership Self-Assessments

Click Here for a List of Fr*EE Leadership Self-Assessments.

I Met a Leader Today

Check out the recent bonus broadcast of the Artemis Path Newsletter. Click Here>>> I Met a Leader Today.

Book: Practicing Servant Leadership

From the Greenleaf Center --

Practicing Servant-Leadership: How to Succeed Through Trust, Bravery, and Forgiveness was released by Jossey-Bass publishers on September 17, 2004. This vibrant book brings together powerful essays from the Greenleaf Center's Voices of Servant-Leadership Series, plus supplemental writings by Robert K. Greenleaf, Larry C. Spears, Michele Lawrence, and a Foreword by Warren Bennis.

Click here to order Practicing Servant-Leadership.

Click here for a book flier and order form.

Click here for a book review of Practicing Servant-Leadership.

Content includes:

Foreword, Why Servant-Leadership Matters, Warren Bennis

Introduction, Larry C. Spears and Michele Lawrence

1. The Essence of Servant-Leadership, Robert K. Greenleaf
2. The Understanding and Practice of Servant-Leadership, Larry C. Spears
3. The Unique Double Servant-Leadership Role of the Board Chairperson, John Carver
4. Love and Work, James A. Autry
5. Servant-Leadership and Philanthropic Institutions, John C. Burkhardt and Larry C. Spears
6. On the Right Side of History, John Bogle
7. Anatomy of a Collaboration, Wendell J. Walls
8. Servant-Leadership Characteristics in Organizational Life, Don DeGraaf and Colin Tilley and Larry Neal
9. Toward a Theology of Institutions, David Specht and Richard Broholm
10. Foresight as the Central Ethic of Leadership, Daniel H. Kim
11. Servant-Leadership, Forgiveness, and Social Justice, Shann Ferch
12. The Servant-Leader: From Hero to Host, Margaret Wheatley

Anyone Can Be a Servant-Leader by Larry Spears

Here's a VERY interesting article by the Pres. & CEO of the Greenleaf Center. He comments on the breadth and inclusiveness of Servant Leadership -- that anyone can be a servant-leader, no matter what their own particular beliefs on religion, spirituality or philosophy. See article starting at the top of page 3 at the link to the newsletter below.

http://www.greenleaf.org/Sumr04NL.pdf

Books: Practicing Servant Leadership & The Secret

Just got the latest Servant Leadership newsletter in the mail today, A new book is being released just this week titled: Practicing Servant Leadership: Succeeding Through Trust, Bravery and Forgiveness.

This book includes contemporary essays on the meaning and practice of servant leadership by Margaret Wheatley, James Autry, Larry Spears and other contributing authors. Foreward by Warren Bennis. (Larry Spears is a name you will hear a lot. He is the President and CEO of the Greenleaf Center.)

Book links at lower left on page take you to Amazon. This is not an affiliate/associate link. - Mary

P.S. Also see book, *The Secret: What Great Leaders Know -- And Do,* recommended by my friend, Pat B. -- a new book on leadership by Ken Blanchard. Seems to be about leaders as servants!

Book Excerpt - Love and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership by James Autry

I think we touched on these points in our 9/15 discussion. -Mary

p. 19 in Introduction -- Management is, in fact, a sacred trust in which the well-being of other people is put in your care during most of their waking hours. It is a trust placed upon you first by those who put in in the job, but more important than that, it is a trust placed up one you after you get the job by those whom you are to manage...

(same page) -- So remember this: A promotion to manager can give you authority, but not power. It is the people you are to manage who will give you power; by their actions and response, they will bestow power on you, but only if they trust you to use it well. So management is a matter of being "in relationship." This is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood principles of management.

Book Excerpt - Credibility by Kouzes and Posner

p. 111: From leader Manny De Canha - “I want it to be easy for people to talk with me. Initially it’s often chitchat. But as people become more familiar with me, the talk becomes more person, and I learn about the things they really care about. And one of the things we care about in common is making this business a success.” What De Canha demonstrates is that when people know us they are more likely to trust us. And when constituents trust us, they feel safe with us. And when they feel safe with us, they are more likely to take risks with us.