The Night Our House Got Bigger
I am pleased to feature Elizabeth Losey as Guest Blogger #3 in this student blog series. In her moving reflection, The Night Our House Got Bigger, Elizabeth shows that servant leadership is not always loud or formal. Sometimes it looks like opening your home, adjusting your routines, and choosing compassion over convenience. Her story is […]
Memorial Tribute for Jeffrey P. Miller, Ph.D.
Some people do not simply enter your life. They expand it. Dr. Jeff was that kind of person. I first met Dr. Jeff Miller in the Key Practices of Servant Leadership 2.0 course at the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. I was his student then, still deepening my own voice and still becoming in many […]
Living to Serve Others
✨ Student Spotlight: Cody Sharp✨ In my Principles of Advertising class, I challenged students to write a blog exploring:“What does Servant Leadership look like in real life?” Today I’m proud to feature Cody’s post: “Living to Serve Others.” Inspired by his high school principal’s simple but powerful phrase, “Leaders pick up trash when no one […]
A Fixed Point In A Spinning World: Transforming Injustice Through Humility
I have been working with ULEAD, Inc. for several years now. My service began over several conversations with Ritch Hochstetler, Chief Ideation Trailblazer of ULEAD, Inc., who has 30 years of innovating and delivering training experiences to youth and youth workers. During our initial virtual coffee meetings, we discussed servant leadership, the importance of bringing […]
To Do or Not to Do? This is the Question.
I have been following Tim Ferris for some time now, and I appreciate his 5-Bullet Friday emails. This past Friday’s email was, as usual, excellent. I clicked on several links to read more (as I normally do), and the article titled Via Negativa: Adding to Your Life By Subtracting resonated with me. Like many of […]
Servant Leadership and Transparency
I have been interested in the ideas of building trust and organizational transparency before and since I wrote my third book, Bloom Where You Are Planted: Reflections on Servant Leadership and as it were, I came across an infographic that speaks the language of Servant Leadership. The folks over at Track Your Truck GPS Fleet […]
6 Qualities of a Board Chair as Servant Leader
“The chair is the servant-leader of the board. The board is servant-leader of the ownership. The chair is, therefore, servant-leader of the servant-leaders.” ~John Carver The Unique Double Servant-Leadership Role of the Board Chairperson by John Carver is chapter three of the book we are using as a guide, Practicing Servant-Leadership: Succeeding Through Trust, Bravery, and Forgiveness by […]
Act Now
NOTE: Happy Memorial Day Friends! Today’s blog will complete our series on compassion using Daniel Goleman’s book, A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama’s Vision for Our World. I have been working on community projects that have kept my schedule tight, but fun over the last 6 weeks. Our next series is exciting and we […]
3 Ways to Act Now
NOTE: Happy Memorial Day Friends! A big Thank you to Servant Leaders in the World and their service. WE Honor You! Today’s blog will complete our series on compassion using Daniel Goleman’s book, A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama’s Vision for Our World. I have been working on community projects that have kept my […]
Servant Leadership and the Long View
“I feel optimistic about the future because humanity seems to be growing more mature; scientists are paying more attention to our inner values, to the study of mind and the emotions. There is a clear desire for peace and concern for the environment.” ~Dalai Lama Servant Leaders understand that taking the long view to positive […]
