Next Generation Initiative
Overview
The Next Generation Initiative (NGI) is designed to introduce the principles and practice of Servant Leadership to high school and campus leaders across the country.
Learning Objectives
A unique experiential learning opportunity designed to immerse students in the concept of Servant Leadership, NGI places a particular emphasis on the leadership philosophy’s characteristics and practices that can lead to creating a more just and caring society. Participants are supported as follows:
- Becoming more familiar with the concept and practice of Servant Leadership
- Engaging and interacting with exemplars of Servant Leadership
- Enhancing critical thinking skills
- Enhancing listening skills
- Enhancing writing skills
- Forming positive, mutually reinforcing peer relationships
Program Components
- Interactive sessions on the principles and practices of Servant Leadership
- Opportunities to meet inspirational leaders who have led careers and lives of service
- Culminating group project on service
- Certificates for completion
- Book scholarships
The Wilkinson Family Servant Scholars - LaGrange College
The Greenleaf team was fortunate to spend a day on the beautiful LaGrange College campus visiting with the College’s premier leadership program, The Wilkinson Family Servant Scholars. Staff engaged the Scholars and community stakeholders on the efficacy of incorporating servant leadership principles and practices in the workplace and beyond
Felician Sisters of North America – Seeds of Hope Retreat
The Center conducted an in-person workshop for 35 young ladies taking part in the Seeds’ annual summer youth leadership retreat in Holly, Michigan. Participants were drawn from states throughout the nation, as well as Canada and Mexico.
Seton Hall University’s Upward Bound
The Greenleaf Center is partnering with Seton Hall University’s Upward Bound Program to bring the philosophy of servant leadership to high school students in a college classroom setting. Rising seniors from several local high schools learned about the principles and practices of servant leadership over a four-week period as participants in the campus summer college readiness program. Sessions included Servant Leader Exemplars (role models and practitioners of servant leadership) who acted as guest presenters, shared their personal journeys, and facilitated conversations about the relevance of servant leadership in today’s society. The students read and analyzed such works as The Case for Servant Leadership by Kent M. Keith and Have You a Dream Deferred? by Robert K. Greenleaf. Passing students received a certificate of completion and one college credit redeemable at Seton Hall University and other select institutions.
Additional questions may be sent to: info@greenleaf.org