Defining Love

K: I couldn’t agree more with your statement about how Servant Leadership has a positive impact on both results and human satisfaction. And what’s amazing about that, as I mentioned earlier, is that to me, Servant Leadership is love in action.

C: If you’re going to say Servant Leadership is love in action, how are you defining love?

K: You’ve been to a lot of weddings, haven’t you, where they read the “love” passage from the Bible?

C: You mean the one that goes, “Love is patient, love is kind”?

K: Exactly. Let me read it to you:

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight ...

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