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"Knowing What I Know Now…" A Panel Of Undergraduate Students Sharing Wisdom, Stories, And Insights, Gonzaga Feb 2025

"Knowing What I Know Now…" A Panel Of Undergraduate Students Sharing Wisdom, Stories, And Insights, Gonzaga

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #2Some things are meant to be learned by doing it yourself. But, not all of it. In this session, you will meet seasoned students who have been involved in a variety of leadership spaces. They will engage in a conversational style panel to share with attendees lessons and experiences that might help you avoid mistakes and pitfalls to achieve success and change. You might also be inspired by the ways that these peer leaders have found and cultivated their hope in times of change and uncertainty.Presenters to be announced.


Know Your Rights, Nicole Ruiz, Li Velasco Feb 2025

Know Your Rights, Nicole Ruiz, Li Velasco

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #2This presentation would give students the tools to know and exercise their rights in the current political and social environment. Topics that will be covered include: people's rights when interacting with law enforcement (including immigration/border enforcement agencies), but we will also discuss people's rights when protesting and how to be civil advocates. The goal is to make sure students are aware of their voice and know how to use it to the greatest effect for the purpose of enacting change in their community at the local and federal level.


Conflict Management, Giona Hoaglund, T J. Aguma, Zion Vaoifi Feb 2025

Conflict Management, Giona Hoaglund, T J. Aguma, Zion Vaoifi

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #2Navigating conflict in a predominantly white institution and understanding multiple perspectives of conflict. People have different conflict styles, and it is important to learn how those apply to real life conflicts, as well as how those tie in to justice and career.


Know Your Rights, Nicole Ruiz, Li Velasco Feb 2025

Know Your Rights, Nicole Ruiz, Li Velasco

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #1This presentation would give students the tools to know and exercise their rights in the current political and social environment. Topics that will be covered include: people's rights when interacting with law enforcement (including immigration/border enforcement agencies), but we will also discuss people's rights when protesting and how to be civil advocates. The goal is to make sure students are aware of their voice and know how to use it to the greatest effect for the purpose of enacting change in their community at the local and federal level.


Liberating The Whole Self Through Leadership, Abby Morioka, Stefanie Marlow, Nick Peralta Feb 2025

Liberating The Whole Self Through Leadership, Abby Morioka, Stefanie Marlow, Nick Peralta

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #1Liberation is the freedom from limits, thoughts, and/or behaviors that would keep us stuck or imprisoned. The work of leadership is the act of looking to the needs of others that you lead by fighting for their good and well-being. The starting point of this leadership style focuses on freeing ourselves from thoughts, limits, and/or behaviors that keep us stuck. Liberating leadership is the act of bridging a gap between personal change and systematic change through authentically showing up powerfully and consistently for yourself and others.


Wellness For Student Leaders: Peer Health Educators’ Approach To The Eight Dimensions Of Well-Being, Katie Warnke, Amelia Stabler, Zia Meyers Feb 2025

Wellness For Student Leaders: Peer Health Educators’ Approach To The Eight Dimensions Of Well-Being, Katie Warnke, Amelia Stabler, Zia Meyers

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #1Student leaders play an important role in holding conversations around health and wellness on a college campus. Knowing about the Eight Dimensions of Well-Being—social, environmental, spiritual, financial, physical, emotional, intellectual, and occupational—and understanding how they impact people that leaders serve is imperative. It is also critical that student leaders are informed about these eight dimensions for endorsing their own wellness. Supporting and leading others can be a daunting task that demands a lot of people, especially student leaders. Peer Health Educators encourage student leaders to invest in strategies to develop self-care and resiliency. Informed student leaders take …


Cross-Cultural Leadership: Coping With Change And Uncertainty With A Global Perspective, Duoyu Zhang Feb 2025

Cross-Cultural Leadership: Coping With Change And Uncertainty With A Global Perspective, Duoyu Zhang

Payne Center for Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference

Breakout Session #1

In a globalized and ever-changing world, cross-cultural leadership is more vital than ever. This presentation explores how the concept of Cura Personalis can guide leaders to effectively navigate change and uncertainty in multicultural environments.Participants will gain practical skills in cross-cultural communication, conflict resolution, and adaptability. Through interactive discussions and activities, they will build a foundation for inclusive leadership and discover ways to create meaningful, positive impacts within their global communities.


Thoughts On Servant-Leadership In The Modern Era, Larry C. Spears Dec 2024

Thoughts On Servant-Leadership In The Modern Era, Larry C. Spears

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Compiled by Larry Spears


The Nature Of Grace: An Introduction, Shann Ray Ferch, Jiying Song Dec 2024

The Nature Of Grace: An Introduction, Shann Ray Ferch, Jiying Song

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The International Journal of Servant-Leadership, a humble refraction of the nations of the world, is a staging ground for the most ultimate notions of human love and loss. That a scholarly journal, touched by art, is a proving ground for the question of love in the context of the human and the divine is still a surprising and serendipitous gift to us personally. The binary between art and science has been brought to greater oneness and now social scientists and artists can ask together: Why does love exist? What is the nature of such love, and how might it help …


Stars Maker, Ashley Davis Dec 2024

Stars Maker, Ashley Davis

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Poem by Ashley Davis


On Servant-Leadership And Quaker Influences, Paul W. Davis, Larry C. Spears Dec 2024

On Servant-Leadership And Quaker Influences, Paul W. Davis, Larry C. Spears

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

One important aspect of the Religious Society of Friends has to do with the nurturance of seekers. The very origins of the Religious Society of Friends had much to do with the fact that 17th-century English seekers were already present and listening when the prophetic visionary leadership of George Fox spoke to their hearts. Out of that union of seekers and prophet grew a powerful spiritual tradition that continues today


A Journey In Servant-Leadership, Larry C. Spears Dec 2024

A Journey In Servant-Leadership, Larry C. Spears

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Welcome to our 2024 edition of The International Journal of Servant-Leadership. I would like to offer my special thanks to all of our contributing authors and readers of this journal. Each edition of IJSL contains a wonderful array of articles and papers, poetry and research, film reviews and reflections from around the world that demonstrate many remarkable journeys in servant-leadership


Preface To Song’S “Persuasion Vs. Coercion Or Persuasion And Coercion”, Shann Ray Ferch Dec 2024

Preface To Song’S “Persuasion Vs. Coercion Or Persuasion And Coercion”, Shann Ray Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Song has taken the original work of Greenleaf, specifically his work on seeking to understand the sacred scripture ‘Overcome evil with good,’ and rendered a stunning analysis of great force and vital interrogative essence. Worldwide, fascism is on the rise. Her article does much to ground the human community in the difference between persuasion and coercion, and helps lead us through her own voice that weaves a very fine tapestry with the voices of Greenleaf, Ghandi, Woolman, and Whittier, among others.


Interview With Executive President Fr. Peter Balleis, Sj, Shann Ray Ferch Dec 2024

Interview With Executive President Fr. Peter Balleis, Sj, Shann Ray Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Fr. Peter Balleis, SJ, a leading advocate of refugee and forcibly displaced persons’ rights, has been fighting for human rights and social justice for more than 20 years. As executive president of Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL), Fr. Peter works toward a more peaceful world using the power of education.


The Role And Promise Of Governing Boards, John P. Bohley, Jr., Larry C. Spears Dec 2024

The Role And Promise Of Governing Boards, John P. Bohley, Jr., Larry C. Spears

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

This article is an adaptation of chapter 2 of Better Boards for a Better World: An Integrated Practice of Policy Governance® and Servant-Leadership. Bohley & Spears. BookBaby. 2023.


Interview With Co-Founder Mary Mcfarland, Shann Ray Ferch Dec 2024

Interview With Co-Founder Mary Mcfarland, Shann Ray Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Dr. McFarland is co-founder of McFarland Consulting where she is engaged in a number of projects serving higher education at the margins, and teaching graduate courses for Georgetown University. She served as the first International Director (President) for Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) Higher Education at the Margins from 2010 to 2016. Prior to that she was Dean of the School of Professional Studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, and she has held a number of leadership positions in higher education including department chair, chair of faculty senate, and full professor.


Devoted To Healing The Heart Of The World, Shann Ray Ferch Dec 2024

Devoted To Healing The Heart Of The World, Shann Ray Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

In receiving the following narratives of the work of Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) from around the globe, I noticed a deep sense of hunger for the health and well-being of all humanity. This hunger, a seeking and restorative sense of hope and gladness at the heart of people, was pervasive, elegant, incisive, and beautiful in each interview. By setting out to listen to the lives of those working on the front lines of refugee, poverty-ridden, and displaced populations globally, the gift they gave to me personally, to the world of ideas, and the more important world of action is both …


Serendipity In Non-Profit Founding And The Healing Response Of Two Servant-Leaders To Crises Of Migration, Michael T. Von Behren Dec 2024

Serendipity In Non-Profit Founding And The Healing Response Of Two Servant-Leaders To Crises Of Migration, Michael T. Von Behren

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

This article explores the intersection of non-profit founding with elements of servant-leadership. Drawing upon current research in social entrepreneurship and non-profit founding, the article reflects on these in light of the stories of two selfless individuals, Varian Fry and Enrique Morones, whose lives of servanthood spawned the founding of two influential organizations: the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) and the Border Angels. While sharing the stories of these organizations, and of their founding, this article highlights issues of immigration offering a healing perspective through five themes of servant-leadership articulated by Robert K. Greenleaf revealed in the lives of these non-profit founders. …


Colloquium Servant-Leadership Interviews, Shann Ray Ferch Dec 2024

Colloquium Servant-Leadership Interviews, Shann Ray Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) Colloquium is a group of PhD candidates and others united in providing equitable high quality tertiary learning to people and communities at the margins of societies. These margins, indicated by poverty, location, lack of opportunity, conflict, or forced displacement, define the nature of our shared sense of sisterhood and brotherhood worldwide. The JWL mission and works of mission, enacted daily throughout the world, fulfill Greenleaf’s best test of servant-leadership, bringing greater wisdom, health, autonomy, freedom and service to others, and helps bring about Greenleaf’s notion that the least privileged of society are benefitted and not …


A Collection Of Works Related To Greenleaf’S Distinction Between Persuasion And Coercion, Jiying Song Dec 2024

A Collection Of Works Related To Greenleaf’S Distinction Between Persuasion And Coercion, Jiying Song

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Compiled by Jiying Song


Liberal Studies And Servant Leadership: Inspiring Ignatian Values At The Margins, Isabella Rega, Mélodie Honen-Delmar Dec 2024

Liberal Studies And Servant Leadership: Inspiring Ignatian Values At The Margins, Isabella Rega, Mélodie Honen-Delmar

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

This paper aims to unpack how the concept of servant leadership is perceived from Liberal Studies graduates living at the margins of society. Anchoring this research in the work of Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL), a faith-based organization providing higher education to displaced and poor communities, this paper seeks to deconstruct the assumption present in the literature of an ‘already-in-power’ servant leader by focusing on servant leaders in vulnerable and marginalized places, where they would be most needed. This article synthesizes the voices of more than 100 graduates from the Diploma in Liberal Studies program and looks at how graduates define …


Servant-Leadership As A Pathway To Success For Foreign-Born Leaders, Ashley Davis Dec 2024

Servant-Leadership As A Pathway To Success For Foreign-Born Leaders, Ashley Davis

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Immigrants have consistently been recognized as significant contributors to the United States economy, science, and innovation (Vandor & Franke, 2016). However, there remains a noticeable gap in the literature regarding the experiences and leadership development process of foreign-born leaders (FBLs). This article addresses this gap by highlighting the positive contributions of FBLs while noting the relatively small pool of effective FBLs in comparison to the large immigrant population in the United States, suggesting substantial untapped potential. The author explores common challenges faced by FBLs and emphasizes that overcoming these obstacles is integral to FBLs’ leadership development journey. The central argument …


Listening To The Soul’S Whisper: Embracing Silence In Coaching, Carolyn S. Roark, Chaya S. Abelsky Dec 2024

Listening To The Soul’S Whisper: Embracing Silence In Coaching, Carolyn S. Roark, Chaya S. Abelsky

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

While writings have centered on the role of silence in the coach–client relationship, the practice of listening to one’s soul is a topic that has been scantily covered in the literature. Building on a foundation of servant–leadership, emotional intelligence, and the Johari Window along with coaching techniques, this article focuses on the importance of listening to one’s soul to uncover one’s life blueprint. It is imperative for both professional coaches and clients to make a commitment to take the time to incorporate the daily practice of listening to one’s soul to unearth the wisdom and uncover the buried values found …


Servant-Leadership Practices Of Nelson Mandela, African Culture And A Thriving Future For Africa, Jeremiah Ole Koshal Dec 2024

Servant-Leadership Practices Of Nelson Mandela, African Culture And A Thriving Future For Africa, Jeremiah Ole Koshal

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

This paper examines the African cultural values and the virtues of servant-leadership as impetus of the successful leadership of Nelson Mandela, and how all these can be tapped by other African leaders in order to transition the continent into a more prosperous and promising future. Previously, authors have viewed Africa from the lenses of hopelessness due to its corrupt, self-centered and inept leadership that has led to sluggish economic growth and social disharmony. Yet since time immemorial, the African culture has had no dichotomy between service and leadership, as evidence in some of Africa’s cultural philosophies like ubuntu, which focuses …


Humility And Servant-Leadership: Toward A Solution Of Pastoral Narcissism, Luke W. R. Bryant Dec 2024

Humility And Servant-Leadership: Toward A Solution Of Pastoral Narcissism, Luke W. R. Bryant

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The world contains healthy and toxic leaders, and these leaders make an impact—for better or worse—on their followers. While healthy Christian pastors may exude humility and positively affect congregants, the issue of narcissism among pastors is more prevalent than one may expect. This article explores the literature related to humility, servant-leadership, and narcissism—painting the ideal of humble pastors, linking the ideal with servant-leadership, presenting the problem of narcissistic pastors, and moving toward the beginning stages of proposed solutions. Depending on the severity level, churches may opt for a period of renewed growth from the pastor or outright replacement of the …


Servant-Leadership, Self-Reflection, And Self-Transcendence, Ryan Schmidt Dec 2024

Servant-Leadership, Self-Reflection, And Self-Transcendence, Ryan Schmidt

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Whether it be income, gender, or race inequity, the gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States continues to increase, yet most people remain only concerned with themselves (Singh, 2012). Even without intention, injustice can fester. Following Robert Greenleaf’s (1977/2002) premise that caring for others is the foundation of a good society, servant-leadership provides a vision for doing the necessary inner work to achieve self-awareness before engaging with the outer work of the world. When individuals better understand the conditions governing their thoughts, feelings, and actions, the potential exists to achieve self-transcendence, re-orienting their lives outward in the …


The Church’S Failure To Embrace All Of God’S Beloved Creation, Kalif Crutcher Dec 2024

The Church’S Failure To Embrace All Of God’S Beloved Creation, Kalif Crutcher

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The primary aim of this article was to describe how the policies regarding same-sex marriage and unions in the Christian Methodist Episcopal church are exclusionary and oppressive. There are studies that reference the psychological and spiritual harm that the church causes when queer individuals are not embraced. Nevertheless, a secondary goal of this article is share how the church, through servant-leadership principles can explore forgiveness seeking and an affirmative theological position of inclusion whereby queer congregants are cared for and supported.


Bridging The Tragic Gap With Servant-Leadership: An Exploration Of Stewardship And Healing, Jamie Noling-Auth Dec 2024

Bridging The Tragic Gap With Servant-Leadership: An Exploration Of Stewardship And Healing, Jamie Noling-Auth

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

This article utilizes servant-leadership theory to engage with the leadership predicament that theologian Parker Palmer calls “the tragic gap”—the disparity between a hopeful vision for good and the reality of humanity’s propensity for violence. Utilizing two of servant-leadership theory’s ten characteristics, this article explores how stewardship and healing might serve the servant-leader who wishes to bridge the tragic gap. Through a survey of interdisciplinary literature, this article concludes that essential actions of stewardship and healing include: honoring human dignity, care-giving, love, responsibility, and forgiveness.


Rage, Ashley Davis Dec 2024

Rage, Ashley Davis

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Poem by Ashley Davis


The Servant-Leadership Of Martin Luther King Jr.: A Reflection, Book Review, And Interview With King: A Life Author Jonathan Eig, Philip Mathew Dec 2024

The Servant-Leadership Of Martin Luther King Jr.: A Reflection, Book Review, And Interview With King: A Life Author Jonathan Eig, Philip Mathew

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

This article examines the servant-leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. through a book review of Jonathan Eig’s landmark biography King: A Life and an interview with the author. The article begins with a reflection on King’s servant-leadership through Greenleaf’s notions of power, strength, and growth through loss. Implications for servant-leader moral development based on reports of possible ethical failures by King are also considered.