Servant-leaders place the needs of their subordinates before their own and center their efforts on helping them grow to reach their maximum potential and achieve optimal organisational and career success. Their motivation in accomplishing these tasks is not self-interest; rather, servant-leaders want their subordinates to improve for their own good, and view the development of followers as an end, in and of itself, not merely a means to reach the leader's or organisation's goals.
Servant-leadership highlights personal integrity and mutual cross-cultural understanding. Special attention is given to giving back to society, supporting the needs of underserved communities and reconciling their personal or organisational dilemmas. It also extends outside the organisation—servant-leaders serve multiple stakeholders, including their communities and cross-cultural society as a whole. Servant-leadership shows promise as a way to build trust with employees, customers, and communities.
In co-creation with THTConsulting, UNESCO, local community projects, VU Knowledge Hub for navigating strategic paradoxes, and other partners, SERVUS can offer courses on demand for executives in industry, public organisations and academia.
General objectives of the tailor-made programme are to:
- support organisations to develop their leaders, in service of the organisation, clients and society at large
- improve your cross-cultural understanding and practice of Servant-Leadership behaviour
- develop your skills in combining leading and serving for personal and organisational development
- achieve cross-industry learning through co-creation between learners
- establish cross-organisational and cross-cultural networks and gain insight from multiple perspective
- have a focus on coaching and personal development
A servant-leadership course or module can be developed in-company, meeting the demands of the executives. Please get in contact with us via this form or contact Sylvia van de Bunt to talk about the possibilities for your organisation.
The Servant-Leadership Programme at a glance:
- Start date: By mutual agreement
- Duration: Longitudinal course. 4 successive intensive days of lectures, followed by research & intervisions during 8 months
- Modules: 5
- Time Investment: beside the lectures, there are 12 hours of intervision and 80 hours of home and fieldwork
- Tuition fees: By mutual agreement
- Form: In-company
