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Servant Leadership

CORE VALUES INSTITUTE Servant Leadership. Servant Leadership. President Jim Brenneman. Leadership trainer for World Vision organization Pastoral leadership mentor for 40 interns at Pasadena Mennonite Church, CA President of Goshen College since 2006. Complex Questions 1.

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Servant Leadership

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  1. CORE VALUES INSTITUTE Servant Leadership Servant Leadership

  2. President Jim Brenneman • Leadership trainer for World Vision organization • Pastoral leadership mentor for 40 interns at Pasadena Mennonite Church, CA • President of Goshen College since 2006

  3. ComplexQuestions 1 • Do certain personality-types or genetic predispositions or organizational charts have an advantage when it comes to producing servant leaders? • In leading any organization, tough calls have to be made for many good reasons. So then, who might Jesus fire?

  4. ComplexQuestions 2 • If servant leaders are to serve others above self or lay down their lives for others, what should an aid worker do with the last bundle of food in a sea of hungry children or the last vacant seat on a rescue plane when hundreds more need to be evacuated? • Does a particular religion or political party or denomination or nation-state or profession hold a monopoly on whose members are more likely to be servant leaders?

  5. ComplexQuestions 3 • In what ways, if any, might entrepreneurs or successful business leaders like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerman, or Warren Buffet be considered servant leaders? • Does one’s culture make a difference in how one might define or understand the role of a servant leader? • Would Jesus himself, were he to come back today, live up to the standard definitions and character traits we commonly use to a describe a true servant leader?

  6. Jon Geiser, Business • Business leader in Spain & other settings • Leadership development program for Goshen area businesses • Teaches GC courses in Management Strategies & Essential Business Skills

  7. Luke Gascho, Merry Lea • School principal in Pennsylvania • Director of Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center • Ed.D. in Educational Leadership • Teaches leadership course in M.A. program in Environmental Education

  8. Kathy Meyer Reimer, Education • Chair of Education department • Chair of GC faculty • Supervisor of elementary ed. student teachers

  9. Gary Chupp, Men’s Basketball • Head coach for Men’s Basketball • Champions of Character program

  10. Odelet Nance, MAO • Director of Multicultural Affairs Office • Developed Leadership Academy for students • Leader of her congregation’s youth and singles ministries

  11. Launa Rohrer, Student Life • Associate Dean of Students • Former Resident Director, Director of Residential Life, SST Leader • Developing coordinated leadership education program in Student Life • Teaches Psyc 317 class for student leaders

  12. Top 3 Things That Employers Want • Ability to work in a team structure • Ability to verbally communicate with persons inside and outside the organization • Ability to make decisions and solve problems

  13. Wanted: YOU! Student leadership positions available for 2012-13 Apply now! • Multicultural Affairs Corps • Ministry Leaders • Student Senate • Campus Activities Council • Resident Assistants Get ready. Learn. Make a difference.

  14. Servant Leadership Servant Leadership

  15. “Servant-leadership begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.” -- Robert Greenleaf

  16. Jesus said, “Here I am among you as one who serves.” Luke 22:27

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