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A Practical Guide to Using the Principles of Servant Leadership Leadership is a calling. And servant leadership—the idea that managing with respect, honesty, love, and spirituality empowers employees—helps individuals answer that calling. Bestselling author and former Fortune 500 executive James A. Autry reveals the servant leader’s tools, a set of skills and ideals that will transform the way business is done. It helps leaders nurture the needs and goals of those who look to them for leadership. The result is a more productive, successful, and happier organization, and a more meaningful life for the leader. Autry reveals how to remain true to the servant leadership model when handling...
Conversation held on October 20, 2000 among Larry Spears, CEO of Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership, John Noble, Director of the Greenleaf Centre UK, and James Autry in Des Moines, Iowa.
"Jim Autry's poems have long snatched my breath by the beautiful and impressive ways they reveal the life of the man-his good heart, his keen eye, his feeling for the experience of others." -Bill Moyers
Following perilous duty on a destroyer in World War II, then becoming the first person in his family to earn a college degree, Douglas Autry returned to his native Mississippi and was elected county superintendent of education. Thus began a heroic journey to bring change to a place and to people who had proved over and over again they did not want any change that threatened their way of life. He braved the condemnation of relatives and friends. He survived imprisonment at Parchman Farm. Once pardoned he went back to his home county and worked harder than ever on behalf of both white and black people. Douglas Autry's story is not only of one white man but also of an epic struggle that still plagues the South.
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The journalist and poet who also had a successful business career discusses the challenges of leadership.
A collection of twenty-four stories in different genres, selected to illustrated the virtues of justice, humility, courage, compassion, freedom, and respect. A lesson and notes on the story's origin follow each selection.
Experience a young fighter pilot's welcome into the cold war world of 1950s Europe where he confronts not only the dangers of supersonic flying but also a world of wild parties and uninhibited sex. The pace of the story constantly breaks the sound barrier, and it will play on all your emotions. Strap into your harness and enjoy the ride!