About Us
The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
The Greenleaf Center is an international non-profit organization headquartered in Indiana. The Center promotes the understanding and practice of servant leadership. The Center is governed by an international Board of Trustees. The Center holds conferences, publishes books and materials, sponsors speakers and seminars, and provides information and services for its members.
The Center was founded by Robert K. Greenleaf in 1964. In 1970, Greenleaf published an essay, "The Servant as Leader," that coined the phrase "servant-leader" and launched the modern servant leadership movement.
The Greenleaf Center works closely with the Greenleaf Centre for Servant Leadership-UK, the Greenleaf Centre for Servant Leadership-Asia in Singapore, the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership-Iceland, and the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership-Europe in Holland.
