University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: June 2025

Hope: The Hidden Key to Human Flourishing and Team Success

We’re featuring resources on hope following our session in June. Kevin Monroe recently published a newsletter on the topic of hope: ** When leaders talk about thriving teams and team members flourishing, you often hear a focus on visible metrics—engagement scores, productivity numbers, and satisfaction surveys. But beneath those measures lies a more fundamental resource …

How to Feel More Hopeful

How can we build a sense of hope when the future feels uncertain? Poet Tomás Morín tries a writing practice to make him feel more hopeful and motivated to work toward his goals in this link from The Greater Good Magazine. We’re featuring this topic on the heels of our June meeting on the topic …

Exploring the Landscape of Hope in Servant Leadership

In many circles, hope has gotten a bad rap as having no connection to reality. Join us on June 20th as we explore the often-hidden dimensions of hope, using essays from Leif Hass, an emergency room physician, and Rebecca Solnit, who wrote “Hope in the Dark.” “Hope is not the belief that everything was, is, …

What is Servant Leadership? How is it Different from Other Leadership Styles?

Servant leadership is a philosophy that prioritizes serving others as its core purpose. Unlike Traditional leadership models that position the leader at the top of a hierarchy, servant leadership inverts this structure by prioritizing the needs of employees, teams, and communities.  Read this post from the Wisconsin Servant Leadership group on understanding servant leadership. What …