“Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams.” Robert K. Greenleaf
I am always enthralled with winter’s first snowfall: I remember walking home from elementary school as a young boy in the snow at twilight: it seemed like a long 2 blocks from my parent’s home. Those were magical moments as the snowflakes fell thru the twinkling light of the streetlights, and I dreamed of all that might be in the future. Fast forward to a walk back to my Airbnb in Toronto last night: the snowflakes from this were just as enchanting as my thoughts ranged back over all that’s happened in these intervening years. Greenleaf (today’s author) dreamed up the concept of servant leadership while working at AT&T: he researched management practices and felt a growing suspicion that the power-centered authoritarian leadership style so prominent in U.S. institutions was not working. That was his aha-moment. Every professional has the chance at their own aha moments: when those happen, it would be great if we were able to transform them into workable solutions. Keep an open mind in case one of those moments happens to you today.
Robert K. Greenleaf (1904–1990): Founded the modern servant leadership movement and the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
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