Critical Book Review: the Servant Leader

Critical Book Review: The Servant Leader: how to build a creative team, develop great morale, and improve the bottom-line performance.

Dallas Baptist University

References

Autry, J. A. (2004). The Servant Leader: how to build a creative team, develop great morale, and improve bottom-line performance. New York, NY, USA: Three Rivers Press.

Hunter, J.C. (2004). The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle: how to become a servant leader. (Vol. 251, p. 261). Publishers Weekly

Northouse, P. G. (2010). Leadership: Theory and Practice (5th ed.). Washington D.C, USA: Sage Publications.

Savage-Austin, A. R. (2011). Servant Leadership: a phenomenological study of practices, experiences, organizational effectiveness, and barriers. (Vol. 9, pp 49-54).

Vinod, S. & Sudhakar, B. (2011) Servant Leadership: A unique art of leadership. Journal of Contemporary Research in Business. (Vol. 2, pp. 459-467).

Biographical Sketch of Author

James A. Autry wears many hats. He is known as a poet, an author, a businessman, a workshop leader, and a highly experienced consultant. He is the author of ten books to date and a best selling author of Love and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership. In addition to writing poetry and books, he was also the president of a magazine group called the Meredith Corporation, which published magazines like Better Homes and Gardens and Ladies Homes Journals. Autry has held many workshops that focus on leadership and management and how it relates to teamwork and creating a workplace that people can grow and thrive in as well find meaning in the work that they do. The workshops also bring emphasis to the emotional, psychological and spiritual rewards of jobs done well. Autry also is active in numerous charitable and civic organizations and received the Lifetime Achievement award for Service to the Humanities from Iowa Humanities Board and Foundation in 1988. He was also recognized as Executive of the year in 1989....