In The Wisdom of Servant Leadership, Isabel Lopez explains the wisdom of the core message of Robert Greenleaf. She relates her own experiences as a leader in a large company, quotes poetry, and shares lessons learned from her grandmother. To get your copy, click here.
By listening to each other, people can achieve greater understanding and new insights that can lead to solutions or the identification of new opportunities. David S. Young explains how in The Gift of Dialogue. To get your copy, click here.
The Greenleaf Center is glad to support three more individuals as they develop research around servant leadership.
Ivan Butar Butar
Ivan Butar Butar’s research project is “The Relationship between Servant Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Evidence from Indonesia.” Butar Butar is a PhD candidate at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, where he is completing his degree in Organization Studies. He is also the recipient of the 2008 Australian Leadership Award Scholarship awarded by the Australian Government for future leaders in the Asia-Pacific region. He is currently a management consultant at Lembaga Management in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he has consulted with many world-renowned organizations.
Jeremy Meuser
Jeremy D. Meuser is a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he is completing his degree in Managerial Studies. The topic of his research “The Combined Effect of Servant Leadership and Follower Servant Leadership Prototype on Employee Engagement and Team Performance.” He has a particular interest in how a leader can be a source of positive experiences that contribute to the well-being of individuals in the workplace. Before pursuing his doctoral degree, he had a career in information technology with internships, teaching experience, and the role of a founding partner for an IT limited liability corporation in Michigan. He has also completed a certificate in spirituality from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and a degree in philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan.
Travis Searle
Travis Searle’s research project is “Servant Leadership Characteristics: An Indirect Effect on Employees’ Proactive Work Behavior via Psychological Empowerment.” Searle is a PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he is completing his degree in Leadership Studies. He is currently an instructor and graduate research assistant at the University of Nebraska and has also been a visiting instructor in the religion department at Brigham Young University. He has a particular interest in servant leadership, positive behavior, leadership development, and multilevel modeling. Before pursuing his doctoral degree, he taught religion to high school students. Searle received his Masters in Education from Weber State University.