Document 6584419

CORE VALUES INSTITUTE
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
1. Do certain personality-types or genetic
predispositions or organizational charts have
an advantage when it comes to producing
servant leaders?
2. In leading any organization, tough calls have
to be made for many good reasons. So then,
who might Jesus fire?
Complex Questions 2
3. 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?
4. 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?
Complex Questions 3
5. 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?
6. Does one’s culture make a difference in how one
might define or understand the role of a servant
leader?
7. 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?
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
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
Kathy Meyer Reimer, Education
• Chair of Education
department
• Chair of GC faculty
• Supervisor of elementary
ed. student teachers
Gary Chupp, Men’s Basketball
• Head coach for Men’s
Basketball
• Champions of Character
program
Odelet Nance, MAO
• Director of Multicultural
Affairs Office
• Developed Leadership
Academy for students
• Leader of her
congregation’s youth and
singles ministries
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
Top 3 Things That Employers Want
1. Ability to work in a team structure
2. Ability to verbally communicate with
persons inside and outside the
organization
3. Ability to make decisions and solve
problems
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.
Servant
Leadership
“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
Jesus said, “Here I am among
you as one who serves.” Luke 22:27