Author

Books by Robert K. Greenleaf

Robert K. Greenleaf (1904–1990) spent thirty-eight years at AT&T, retiring in 1964 as Director of Management Research. He then pursued a second career as a consultant and writer, founding the Center for Applied Ethics (now the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership) in 1964. His 1970 essay "The Servant as Leader" introduced the servant leadership concept and influenced a generation of management thinkers. Servant Leadership, published in 1977, collected his major essays on the theme. His work influenced many later writers including Max DePree, Ken Blanchard, and Larry Spears.