John R. Wooden, Stephen R. Covey and Servant Leadership

that it is likely that elements of servant leadership and paternalism emerged at different stages of Wooden's career (p.26).This is reflected in his "wide curiosity about life and his willingness to learn from the past" (p.26).In his latter years, Wooden lived out his principles more fully and was open to the process of sanctification; i.e., he was "working out his salvation with fear and trembling" (p.26).Like Hamilton, Posner emphasizes that all human lives involve a complex journey; "life is not a journey along either a single or very straightforward pathway" (p.29).In terms of Wooden being considered one of the greatest coaches (leaders) of all time, Posner points to the finding in his workplace research that shows the importance of "how clear direct reports feel their leaders are about their leadership philosophy" (p.30).While Posner articulates "the enduring legacy of leadership" in terms of how leaders "transform their followers into leaders themselves" (p.30) -and it can be seen how many of Wooden's former players became successful leaders -Ulrich argues that "real leadership is what happens when the leader is not around" and "Wooden and Covey's ideas have far outlived each individual because their ideas enable others to find their success" (p.32).For Ulrich the "holy grail of leadership" may be found by a person looking in to find oneself, looking outside to influence others, and looking up to find one's purpose (p.32; emphasis added).Mielke argues to become "a servant leader/coach with guiding principles that are spiritually connected and morally driven requires one to purposefully make choices to develop the traits necessary to serve others" (p.35; emphasis added), and these are choices that both Wooden and Covey made early in their lives.On the matter of spirituality, Robinson notes that the "acceptance of an implied religious spirituality" is "something not totally resolved in Wooden or Covey" (p.37).Hackett and Wang argue that "cardinal virtues such as courage, justice, humanity, temperance, wisdom and transcendence may be especially important to the effectiveness of leaders since they are expected to be role models who motivate and direct others toward achieving common goals" (p.39; emphasis added).Mullins examines what Aristotle meant