The power of servant leadership is an extraordinary collection of robert greenleafs finest and most mature essays on servant leadership spirit and wholeness today there is a growing worldwide movement of people and organizations deeply committed to servant leadership who have been inspired by greenleafs earlier writings beautifully enriched by peter vaills foreword jim . Servant leaders are not people who have low self efficacy or a bad self image these are people who know that they can benefit by being humble and learning from those who have less power than themselves they also know that it is their duty to increase ownership and autonomy of their followers while giving them new responsibilities and encouraging them to think for themselves and experience or . This text addresses these and other misconceptions to take a hard look at the incredible power of servant leadership leveraged through leaders in all types of organizations yes servant leaders use power and learning to leverage this power is the secret to effective leadership leading to higher performing organizations. The power of servant leadership is a collection of eight of greenleafs most compelling essays on servant leadership these essays published together in one volume for the first time contain many