University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: May 2025

2025 Conference on Servant Leadership

Check out this local Servant Leadership event! Perfect for those looking for more ways to get involved with servant leadership. For 22 years, Viterbo University has held this event, bringing servant leaders together. From Viterbo University, “This year’s theme, Passion and Purpose, highlights the critical connection between inspiration and vision, inviting participants to reflect on how …

Mentoring Best Practices on a Foundation of Servant Leadership

Mentorship and servant leadership are deeply interconnected, each enriching the other to foster environments of growth and empowerment. A mentor who embodies servant leadership prioritizes the mentee’s development, creating a foundation of trust and mutual respect. This approach not only advances the mentee’s personal and professional journey but also enhances the mentor’s leadership capabilities. By …

The Best Leaders Are Clear

Here’s a quote from Robert K. Greenleaf, an early pioneer on Servant Leadership principles and training. The best leaders are clear. They continually light the way, and in the process, let each person know that what they do makes a difference. The best test as a leader is: Do those served grow as persons; do …

Tips on Developing Future Leaders

Empowerment isn’t just about delegation or encouragement. It’s about helping others become leaders in their own right. One of the most powerful expressions of servant leadership is nurturing the leadership potential in others. Whether you’re mentoring one person or shaping an entire team, your efforts create ripple effects that go far beyond your organization. Today, …

May Reading (no Zoom meeting this month): Create Dangerously

May Reading: Create Dangerously Due to some scheduling conflicts with our planning team, our group will not be hosting a servant leadership meeting in May. Instead, we invite you to think about why servant-leadership matters in a changing world. In the introduction to the 2023 edition of the International Journal of Servant-Leadership, Shann Ray Ferch …