Are you a young adult starting your career, wondering what type of leader you want to be? Are you a middle manager leading a team and navigating the various needs of your followers? Are you an established leader looking for a reminder about the importance of lifelong learning? If you said, “YES!” to any of …

As servant leaders, we know that conflict is part of the journey, not a detour from it. Whether in our teams, our communities, or even within ourselves, moments of tension invite us to lead with humility, empathy, and purpose. Rather than avoiding difficult conversations, servant leadership encourages us to engage with curiosity and care. See …

Servant leadership prioritizes the needs of others, fostering trust, empathy, and shared success over authority. This approach transforms leadership into a commitment to helping and empowering others. In this article, we will give a brief overview of what servant leadership is and then dive into how to proactively implement servant leadership values in your life …

This newly redesigned certificate examines the concepts, history, and real-world practice of servant leadership. A Servant Leadership approach emphasizes meeting the needs of the organization’s employees, customers, other stakeholders, and the broader community. This series will also emphasize participant clarification of personal values and the development of goals for how they will embody and apply …

Poet Ellen Sturgis Hooper reveals a little secret of life: “I slept, and dreamed that life was joy; I woke, and found that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” Source: The Dial (July 1840)   How can you connect this poem to servant leadership?

Many people believe our democracy is threatened. Why are we so deeply divided on some issues? It seems that mutual trust has all but disappeared. Richard Kyte, author of “Finding Your Third Place,” argues convincingly that we’ve lost too many places to socialize and develop trusting friendships. With home as First Place, and work as …

We’re featuring resources on hope following our session in June. ** “𝙃𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝.” A new study from the University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Psychological Studies shows that “hope stands apart as one of the strongest positive emotions that directly fosters a sense of meaning.” The …

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 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 …

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, …