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In Command of Guardians: Executive Servant Leadership for the Community of Responders pp 11–19Cite as

Servant Leadership and the Emergency Services

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This chapter presents a brief history of the philosophy, its identified characteristics, constructs, and attributes along with its place within the emergency services. Robert K. Greenleaf first penned the modern concept of servant leadership philosophy in 1970. Since that time, the philosophy has spread throughout organizations. Today there are thousands of books, articles, research projects, and centers that teach the philosophy. Universities throughout the world have adopted the philosophy in their management and leadership programs, teaching servant leadership across the globe. Recently, works and research projects involving servant leadership within the emergency services have emerged.

A noble leader answers not to the trumpet calls of self-promotion, but to the hushed whispers of necessity.

—Mollie Marti

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Russell, E.J. (2017). Servant Leadership and the Emergency Services. In: In Command of Guardians: Executive Servant Leadership for the Community of Responders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47229-4_2

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