Chapter 9How Do I Work on Purpose?

The true test of a servant-leader is this: Do those around the servant-leader become wiser, freer, more autonomous, healthier, and better able themselves to become servants? Will the least privileged of society be benefited or at least not further deprived?

Robert Greenleaf

In my years as a life coach, I have seen many people who do not connea deeply with their work. Some people measure success in strictly financial terms. Others have a broader definition of success, but their vision is not consistent with the purpose of the organization for which they work. And judging by the dramatic rise in the number of stress-related problems among workers at all levels, many feel alienated from any meaning in their work. ...

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