Acknowledgments

I am particularly indebted to my colleagues at The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership—Tamyra Freeman, Nancy Larner, Michele Lawrence, Isabel Lopez, Geneva Loudd, Jim Robinson, Richard Smith, and Kelly Tobe—for their friendship, encouragement, and support. My own journey in servant-leadership has also been enriched through my partnership with the following past and present Greenleaf Center trustees: Bill Bottum; Linda Chezem; Diane Cory; Sister Joyce DeShano; Joe DiStefano; Harley Flack; Newcomb Greenleaf; Bill Guillory; Carole Hamm; Jack Lowe, Jr.; Jeff McCollum; Ann McGee-Cooper; Andy Morikawa; Jim Morris; Paul Olson; Bob Payton; Sister Joel Read; Sister Sharon Richardt; Judith Sturnick; and Jim Tatum.

I am most grateful to two institutions—the W. K. Kellogg Foundation (especially John Burkhardt, Stephanie Clohessey, and Larraine Matusak) and Lilly Endowment, Inc. (particularly Willis Bright and Craig Dykstra)—for their ongoing support of servant-leadership and The Greenleaf Center.

My special thanks go to the wonderful staff at Berrett-Koehler Publishers, especially Valerie Barth and Steve Piersanti.

I wish to thank my family and friends for their love and encouragement, especially my wife, Beth Lafferty; my sons, James and Matthew Spears; and my parents, Bertha and L C Spears. I would also like to thank the following people and institutions for their encouragement and support along the way: James Autry, Walter Brogan, Dick Broholm, Steve Brooks, Max Case, the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, the Childbirth Education Association of Greater Philadelphia, Donna Davis, Roberta and Robert DeHaan, Vinton Deming, DePauw University, Max DePree, Karen Farmer, Diann and Allison Feldman, Anne Fraker, Friends Journal, Friends Select School, Joe and Laurie Goss, Cathy Gray, the Great Lakes Colleges Association’s Philadelphia Center, the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium, Lisa Greenleaf, Robert K. Greenleaf, John and Mary Gummere, John Haynes, Todd and Ellen Daniels-Howell, Madeline Greenleaf Jaynes, Frank and Marian Killian, Michael Krausz, Eva and Richard Krebs, John and Aline Lafferty, Roger and Verona Lafferty, Jon Landau, Ralph Lewis, Diane Lisco, Isabel Lopez, Robert Lynn, Tjeb Maris, John Nason, National Association for Community Leadership, Hilbrand Nawijn, Marcia Newman, John Noble, Keith Opdahl, Lou Outlaw, M. Scott Peck, Mike and Nancy Revnes, Olcutt Sanders, Gert Schaart, Karen Schultz, Peter Senge, Alice Simpson, Elissa Sklaroff, Debra Spears, Lucian and Chassie Spears, Debra Thomas, Peter Vaill, Wendell Walls, and Signe Wilkinson.

Finally, I wish to express my deep appreciation to the many servant-leaders working within countless organizations around the world. Your efforts at building spirit in the workplace truly inspire others to servant-leadership.