Universities embrace Servant-Leadership model

In what is becoming quite common on university campuses, Pfeiffer University recently announced a new post at the university: Vice President for Servant-Leadership. Dr. Tracy Espy, who also teaches sociology and oversees the university's Francis Center for Servant-Leadership, will be responsible for implementing the concepts of servant-leadership in all aspects of Pfeiffer's day-to-day life through various workshops and training programs. And Pfeiffer is not the only university that is integrating the servant-leadership model into campus life:

Recently Columbus State University announced (click here) that Mary Sue Polleys will retire in January from her post as Director of the CSU Servant-Leadership Program after seven years in order to take care of her aging mother. The position announcement is available here. Recently CSU opened the Cunningham Center for Leadership Development on campus as well.

More and more universities are seeing the important work that must be done outside the classroom in the area of Servant-Leadership. Some universities, such as ourselves, are offering degrees in Servant-Leadership. Others are making a conscious effort to educate and train staff and students in how to become effective servant-leaders. No matter what route is taken, it is wonderful to see the values espoused by Robert Greenleaf expanding into university life.