Servant Leadership Essential Books

You may have noticed that we write a lot about Servant Leadership in this blog and we are not the only ones swearing by its benefits in the workplace. The Servant Leadership philosophy is always evolving to meet with the current needs of organizations, but in order to fully grasp it one needs to start from the basics.

Browse a list of essential books on the subject of Servant Leadership and embark on your journey to becoming a better leader, starting today:

Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition by Robert Greenleaf

Robert Greenleaf is without a doubt the father figure of Servant Leadership theory and this book should be your starting point towards grasping just how you can employ the Servant Leadership framework in order to empower the members of your team, create an effective work culture, rethink your views on authority and see your organization grow in fruitful ways.

The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-Line Performance by James A. Autry

A practical guide to using the principles of Servant Leadership, this book by bestselling author and former Fortune 500 executive James A. Autry will provide you with the tools, skills and frame of mind that are needed in order to transform your leadership qualities and create happier, more productive teams that have respect, honesty and empowerment at their core.

The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle: How to Become a Servant Leader by James C. Hunter

If you think that leadership and character development are two separate pursuits, James C. Hunter challenges you to change your view. In The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle,

he provides ample examples that illustrate the fact that they are one and the same. This a thought-provoking books that will have you questioning older beliefs on what makes a leader and will offer you a three-step change process towards becoming an effective Servant Leader.

Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek, the author of “Start with Why”, set out to answer a complex question: why some teams trust each other and succeed while others fail to do so. Sinek found out that this was the result of leadership, specifically what happens when a leader puts the good of the team in front of his own needs and comfort versus a leader who does not operate in that way. The result of his investigation on the effects of leadership on the effectiveness of teams make for an engrossing read, that will highlight all the qualities that a Servant Leader should