Robert K. Greenleaf a leadership crisis and that I should do what I could about it.” In 1970 Greenleaf published his first essay, entitled "The Servant As Leader", which introduced the term "servant leadership." Later, the essay was expanded into a book, which is perhaps one of the most influential management texts yet written. The Servant Leadership movement was born. Of his philosophy, Robert Greenleaf wrote in "Essentials", "The servant-leader is servant first... Becoming a servant-leader begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different
James Greenleaf Bourne, who served as vice consul in Amsterdam under Greenleaf, was empowered to sell lots or obtain mortgages on them. On November 19, 1793, Greenleaf moved into the Pearl Street home of Noah Webster in New York City. The September 23 agreement with the commissioners was superseded by a new one on December 24, 1793. For this agreement, Greenleaf had a new business partner, Robert Morris. Morris was already legendary in the United States. He was a Philadelphia merchant who signed the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. He was Chairman of the Pennsylvania