Lawrence event puts servant leadership in spotlight

Posted by on 4/20/11 • Categorized as Networking

The principles of servant leadership and how they can be used to build a more just, caring and sustainable world are the focus of a Lawrence University presentation at 7 p.m. Monday, April 25 in the Warch Campus Center.

Kent Keith, a speaker and author who seeks to help people find personal meaning in a crazy world, will present “The Case for Servant Leadership.” Keith is the chief executive officer of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership in Westfield, Ind. The non-profit organization promotes the awareness, understanding and practice of servant leadership by individuals and organizations.     

The term “servant leadership” was coined by Robert Greenleaf in his 1970 paperback “The Servant as Leader,” in which he argued that the most effective leaders wish to serve rather than command and control.     

A graduate of Harvard University and Rhodes Scholar, Keith is the former president of Chaminade University in Honolulu and the author of the Paradoxical Commandments, which was first published in a booklet for student leaders. He has since published four books related to the commandments, including “Do It Anyway: The Handbook for Finding Personal Meaning and Deep Happiness in a Crazy World.”

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  • Jeff

    BTW, Servant Leadership was actually coined more than 2000 years ago by Jesus Christ. The only one that demonstrated perfect Servant Leadership.

  • http://www.dwd.wisconsin.gov John J. Gosling, MSE LPC (920) 968 6309 (work)

    thanks for hosting and having this workshop. Regrettably, I will not be able to attend, but do describe myself as a Servant Leader and am a progressive Catholic. Please feel free to share my contact info with others from the Fox Valley.
    I serve the State as a Job Service Career Counselor and also recently began Volunteer work as a School Board Member for the Appleton Area School District.