Cultivating a Servant Heart Insights From Servant Leaders

by Wilson, Caitlin Mae Lyga

• ISBN13: 9781682753750
• ISBN10: 1682753751
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-10-24
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing

Summary

Take a journey of leadership development and community service with # of prominent servant leaders.

Follow along the inward journey of Servant Leaders as # of community leaders and influential businesspeople share insights and stories about their life’s work. These stories, woven together with the unifying threads of our past, present, and future, are filled to the brim with inspiring insights and life lessons.  

Whether it be a nonprofit, large corporation, faith community, or the city streets, these leaders take readers along through their childhoods, leadership development, visions for the future, and the passions that continue to energize and cultivate their servant leadership lifestyle. Readers will learn exactly how servant leaders have, and continue to, nurture hearts of love, and do the work of softening the heart—a task that is never done.  

Readers will learn lessons about: 

·         Community building  

·         Sacred listening 

·         Leadership development 

While the contents of the book read like a well-told story, it also works as a guide for all those who seek to serve others, build compassion, open hearts, and develop strong bonds within their community. Whether you are a practitioner of traditional servant leadership or not, these insights can be applied to any person in any situation. 

Author Biography

Caitlin Wilson is a mother, writer and native of La Crosse, Wisconsin. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse and received her master’s degree in Servant Leadership from Viterbo University. She serves as vice president of communications and inclusion at Marine Credit Union.

Table of Contents

Contents
 
 
 
Forewordby Thomas Thibodeau.............................. xi
Opening............................................................... 1
Orientation: Intention of the Work....................... 7
Interviews with Servant Leaders:
Stories and Insights from the Field...................... 9
PAST:Reflecting on Foundations of the
Journey(WhereWeHaveBeen)................ 11

• Earliest Examples................................. 11

FUTURE: Creating Our Aspirations of the Horizon (Where We Are Going)          33

• Mission of Our Era............................... 33
• Nurture the Next Generation................. 55

PRESENT: Living with Intention as We Walk (What We Are Doing)       67
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x                      CultivatinG a Servant Heart

• Personal Mission and Values................. 67
• Renew Your Soul................................... 97
• Most Important Task.......................... 109

Terms: Leadership, Servant Leadership, and the Inward Journey 121
Reflection........................................................ 133
YourInwardJourney......................................... 137

• Self-Reflection Questions............................. 137
• Action Plan................................................. 143

Notes................................................................ 147
Bibliography..................................................... 151
Biographies...................................................... 153
About the Author............................................... 161