We all play a role within the workplace, prompted to perform as we are directed. We are often compelled to act as is expected of us. But what if we challenge the script assigned to us as leaders? What if we take a disruptive stance against the systematic mindset of leader-first? There is a way [...]
Servant Leaders Archive
What is Your Purpose?
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of addressing a group of 40 university student leaders at a retreat sponsored by Oregon Campus Compact. Arriving early, I was invited to share breakfast with the group before giving my presentation. As we chatted over breakfast, one student asked, “What is your purpose?” Something in his tone [...]
Marylhurst Center for Servant Leadership Welcomes Honored Guests
Last week the Marylhurst University Center for Servant Leadership hosted a visit from Dr. Valentyna Yakuba and Dr. Vicktor Ogneviuk, current Rector (President) of Borys Grinchenko Kiyv University. We also welcomed Dr. Marshall Christensen, Founder of Co-Serve International, who accompanied our guests and delegated the event. The Borys Grinchenko Kiyv University is a liberal arts institution in Ukraine that [...]
Success through servant leadership (San Diego Daily Transcript)
This is an interesting story we picked up via the San Diego Daily Transcript. It has some interesting ideas as to how a non-profit Board might make servant leadership a “must have” characteristic of each board member. Every developer wants to design a great community, build it to that design with some flexibility, meet all [...]
Core Qualities of Great Leaders
Business problems today are complex and multidimensional. Globalization, sustainability, electronic communication, and the increasing importance of knowledge and information are having a profound effect on jobs and employment. The demand for a new kind of leadership has never been stronger. Future leaders must have the ability to integrate a variety of disciplines as they wrestle [...]
Dr. Shann Ferch on “Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity” with Blog Talk Radio’s Cathy Bennett
Marylhurst Alumna, Cathy Bennett speaks with Dr Shann Ferch of Gonzaga University’s internationally known Leadership Studies doctoral program on her blogtalkradio program about man’s inhumanity towards man, and how to find the pathway through forgiveness and the transformative power of embracing the philosophy of servant leadership. Our world is in great need of servant leadership today, as we need [...]
Be Courageous and Remember Why You Serve
Do you ever feel discouraged as a servant-leader? With all of the examples of toxic leadership in the world, it can be hard to keep faith in the future of servant leadership and our role as a servant-leaders. But there is much hope to be found! There are many who believe in humanizing business by [...]
Center Welcomes New Interns
The Marylhurst Center for Servant Leadership is proud to welcome three new interns for the Fall term 2012. These incredibly talented folks will be helping to organize the 2013 regional servant leadership conference and working to increase the social media presence of the Center. We are pleased to welcome: Elizabeth Escquivel Owens joined the Center to [...]
How Howard Buffett Will Use His Grandfather’s Recipe For Riches To Disrupt Philanthropy
The grandson of the legendary investor aims to bring some private-sector savvy to the growing world of mega-philanthropy.
Servant Leadership Academic Programs & Education Opportunities
Benjamin Lichtenwalner is the moderator of one of my favorite blogs on servant leadership, The Modern Servant Leader. He recently published a pretty comprehensive, and growing, list of the organizations and institutions that offer academic programs and education opportunities dedicated to servant leadership. I'll share that list with you below: Below is a list of [...]