BOOK REVIEW – ‘Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness’

By Dr. Rocky Wallace

When Robert Greenleaf introduced the term servant-leadership to his colleagues at AT&T and later at Ivy League schools in the 1970s, perhaps he had no idea he was creating what would become a world-wide study and teaching of a lifestyle, and an emerging research model.

And when he published his seminal work in 1977 (Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness), he launched what has become a movement in the organizational world. This book of essays was published again as a Silver Anniversary Edition in 2002, and today can be found on bookshelves of leaders from all walks of life worldwide.

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Stepping Away…

By Dr. Rocky Wallace

This is the season of year when veteran colleagues typically decide it’s time. After months of reflection, prayer, discussing with family, discussing with colleagues, doing the math, imagining what it will be like to not start back up in August, and often with eyes filled with tears–they turn in their retirement letter.

For many, their stomach churns with angst as they are humbled by the many congratulatory conversations and well-wishes…And it churns as their colleagues celebrate a lunch in their honor…It churns when they watch students in their last class exit the room…It churns as they clean out their office…It churns as they put on their regalia on graduation morning…It churns as they march into the auditorium, as so many springs before…It churns as they sit through their last graduation ceremony…And the tears flow as they drive away from campus—on their way home.

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Write to Your Passion

When I completed my doctoral journey in 2007, I had the opportunity to write for publication. And soon, I realized that there was a unique interest from readers in my sharing ‘from the heart’ about my field of discipline, educational leadership. I began what has become a long series of books on the fascinating world of school leadership—and through the eyes of principals and other educators down in the trenches. Many of these projects have been co-authored or co-edited, as I have found others who have lived the work have such interesting stories and insights to share.

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