Annotations from "Insights on Leadership."

It seems like I have been shirking my guest blogger role lately and as a way to get back in the swing of blogging, I thought I would share some excerpts from one of my first assignments while participating in Viterbo’s Servant Leadership Master’s program. Back in March of 2002, one of the assignments in the Servant Leadership class was to write up some annotations of the chapters from the book Insights on Leadership: Service, Stewardship, Spirit and Servant Leadership, which was edited by Larry Spears.

In the introductory chapter titled “Servant-Leadership from the Inside Out,” Steven Covey makes it clear that Servant-Leadership is a natural process when he writes, “The servant-leadership concept is a principle, a natural law, and getting our social value systems and personal habits aligned with this ennobling principle is one of the great challenges of our lives.” He points out that servant-leadership has great potential to change the world when he writes, “I believe that the overwhelming majority of the people of this country, with the right kind of servant-leadership at all levels, most importantly at the family level, could heal our country.” Covey’s article makes it clear that servant leadership can succeed because it is human nature to undertake it. He gives hope that implementation of servant-leadership principles can make the world a much better place.

If things go well, I will share some more excerpts from the book in the days to come.