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    No more Tom Ripley than Dickie Greenleaf, he returned to New York City behind a confused veil of anonymity. Occasionally, a sharp memory would point its way to the forefront of Ripley’s mind for only a moment: a moment that lasted just long enough for the piercing thought to puncture his brain. Guilt had Ripley in a stranglehold, periodically loosening its grip to allow fear to take over. Caught in a downward spiral that disguised itself as an endless loop, Ripley found himself regretting decisions

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    leadership in the organization. Servant leadership is about meeting the needs of others first by serving them as a leader, "in the care taken by the servant-first[leader] to make sure that the other people's highest priority needs are being served" (Greenleaf, 2008). The four leaderships are ethical leadership, authentic leadership, spiritual leadership and servant leadership. Ethical leadership has two aspects which are moral person, and moral manager. The moral person fits in three categories which

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    Robert Greenleaf argues that a leader is a servant. For one to be a leader, he must be willing to serve the others. Service to man is a natural feeling that is self-driven. It is the human consciousness that aspires people to become leaders. (Greenleaf, & Spears, 2002). He explains that a servant-leader is not motivated by material possessions to serve or an unusual power drive. A servant-first leader makes sure that people’s needs are the priority. Servant-leadership is an employee-related

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    A crucial aspect of Molly’s leadership is her ability to persuade her followers.. All of the other great characteristics of Molly’s leadership wouldn't matter, if she wasn't able to convince anyone to follow her. Greenleaf believes that inspiring and motivating the entire organization is a key component to effective leadership. Clear communication, powerful words, motivating appeals, inspiring challenges, these must be the skills of an individual who hopes to be used as a servant leader. While she

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    Servant leadership can be defined as a, “philosophy and set of practices that enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately creates a more just and caring world” (What is Servant Leadership). Robert Greenleaf first introduced the idea of servant leadership in 1977 as a way to transform leadership to focus on serving others including employees, customers and the community (Marquis and Huston, 2015). Due to the primary focus of serving others, it comes to no surprise

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    result of human planning, as with practical jokes) or may seem purely random and accidental. Three distinct varieties of irony are usually recognized, both in life and in literature: verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony. In the story “Greenleaf” written by Flannery

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    concept crosses all boundaries by embracing social responsibility, helping followers grow and succeed, putting followers first and behaving ethically. Servant-leaders desire to build community with a compelling shared vision to accomplish. Robert Greenleaf, who coined the modern day use of the term ‘servant leadership’ says, “It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.” (Greenwood, 2002) A particular strength of servant leadership encourages everyone to seek opportunity

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    From the servant-leadership perspective, employees' needs should be the most important concern of the leader. Greenleaf suggests "servant-leaders are deeply committed to the personal, professional, and spiritual growth of each and every individual within the institution" (Spears, 1995, p. 7). I sometimes find myself thinking of self before my other teammates. In order for me to be effective as a leader using the servant leader style I need to make a concerted effort to make sure I think

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    Greenleaf by Flannery O'Connor In her story, “Greenleaf”, the author Flannery O’Conner shows us that people can sometimes blind their factual vision of the world through a mask of dreams, so that they would not be able to make a distinction between reality and their dreams of reality. O’Conner unveils this through the use of point of view , character, irony, and symbol. Being told through the limited omniscient point of view, this story takes place on a dairy farm, which was the only

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    Robert Greenleaf and James Hunter are both experts when it comes to leadership. Greenleaf coined the term “servant leadership” and published his first essay regarding this topic in 1970. Hunter is a world renowned author and speaker because of his leadership forte, and has worked with thousands of business executives on developing leadership skills that create successful businesses (Hunter 1998). Both of these men are distinguished professionals because of their philosophies and approaches to

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