Univ. of Indianapolis has a new servant-leader President

The Univ. of Indianapolis, a private university of 4,100 students sponsored by the United Methodist Church, recently hired Dr. Beverly Pitts as their new president. The first woman president in the history of the university, Dr. Pitts' self-described leadership style is that of a servant-leader:

"I believe in servant leadership," she said. "I think that a role of a leader is to provide vision, to help people see what is possible and then to provide the support and the resources to make that happen."

The full text of the article can be found here. It is becoming much more common to find people who have embraced the servant-leadership model. And as individuals and organizations discover that servant-leadership leads to better performance and a greater workplace satisfaction among employees, it will only continue to grow.