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Co-Serve staff currently work to develop cultures of
servant leadership at the following locations around the globe:
KAZAKHSTAN:
The Kazakh-American Free University
UKRAINE:
Borys Grinchenko Kiev University
PHILIPPINES:
Center for Servant Leadership Philippines
AFGHANISTAN:
Institute for Leadership Development
and
Afghans for Progressive Thinking
BRAZIL:
Instituto Teológico Boa Terra
INDIA:
Vitae/AKT-Mumbai
USA:
Deschutes Economic Alliance (Bend, Oregon)
Co-Serve International
P.O. Box 40567
Portland, OR 97240
USA
Phone: (503) 766-4925
E-mail: info@co-serve.org
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The International Servant Leadership
Program (ISLP) is a two-year program that takes participants
through four modules. The ISLP is currently
offered to university students, university teachers,
non-profit leaders and business teams. Depending on the location,
participants may only take certain modules. In all
cases participants start the program with the first
module - the Interactive Course on Servant Leadership.
Module 1 - Interactive Course on Servant Leadership.
This course is designed to model the building of an open
and accepting community that demonstrates the incredible value of each
participant, their stories and their ideas. Through a
process of action and reflection, the course works to
help students learn from their hearts and from each
other. Through the course, students consider the values
and principles of servant leadership, including the
great value of people and relationships, the meaning of
service, the unique purpose of each person, and the
importance of serving and working in community. This course
is taught on-site by Co-Serve facilitators and it is offered in different formats, the most common of which is a 2-week
intensive that meets for about 3 hours each day.
Module 2 - Mentor Program.
In this module, participants work with a mentor to
reflect further on what they learned during the
Interactive Course on Servant Leadership and to continue to develop a deeper understanding of servant
leadership. The program is a series of 20 weekly
e-mail discussions between participants and their
mentors. Using a workbook designed by Co-Serve,
mentors and participants discuss a specific topic each
week. Part of these discussions are based on
readings from Robert Greenleaf's essay, "The Servant as
Leader."
Module 3 - Leadership Experience.
Co-Serve has recognized that many participants wonder if
the principles of servant leadership can truly be
practiced in real-life. As such, Co-Serve has
created two unique leadership experiences that introduce
participants to incredible, real-life examples of
leaders who serve their people. These experiences
are currently offered in the Northwest United States.
The first experience, the Servant Leadership Academy,
is a 16 day experience held in the summer each year. The
goal of the Academy is to help participants to experience
real-life communities of servant leadership where people
are able to find their voice and where the excluded and
powerless people of the world are impacted. Recent Academies have
included opportunities for participants to get involved in
the following "communities of servant
leadership:" First Fruits of Washington, AKT
LLP, Intel Corporation, Medical Teams International, and Warner Pacific College. The
Academy also includes a variety of group activities to
help students think more deeply about servant leadership
and growing in community.
The second experience, specifically designed for
university teachers, is the Visiting
International Professor (VIP) Program.
This
is a 16 day experience held in the summer each year. The
goal of the Academy is to help participants to experience
real-life communities of servant leadership where people
are able to find their voice and where the excluded and
powerless people of the world are impacted. Recent Academies have
included opportunities for participants to get involved in
the following "communities of servant
leadership:" First Fruits of Washington, AKT
LLP, Intel Corporation, Medical Teams International, and Warner Pacific College. The
Academy also includes a variety of group activities to
help students think more deeply about servant leadership
and growing in community.
Module 4 - Demonstration Project.
After completing the Leadership Experience, participants
work in teams to complete a project that demonstrates
servant leadership in their home community. Each team
is assigned a coach by Co-Serve, that walks with them
and advises them as they complete their project.
The project gives participants an extended opportunity
to live out and practice, in community with each other,
the principles of servant leadership that they have been
learning. The project further shows participants that
their dreams for bringing positive change to society can
be realized.
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A recent Interactive Servant
Leadership Course with students in Kazakhstan.
A recent Interactive Servant
Leadership Course with students in Ukraine.
ISLP participants visit First Fruits
of Washington during a recent Servant Leadership
Academy.
ISLP participants meet with leaders
from AKT LLP during a recent Servant Leadership Academy.
Students in Kazakhstan teach school
children about leadership and their potential as part of
their demonstration project.
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Teaching Abroad Program (TAP).
Co-Serve operates the ISLP at places of learning around the world,
including at many international universities. These universities are often
very interested in utilizing English-speaking teachers
in their academic programs. Co-Serve believes that this
presents a wonderful opportunity to serve these
universities and to model the values
of servant leadership in the classroom. As a result,
Co-Serve recruits volunteer teachers of English,
Business, and many other subjects to teach at
international universities - for periods ranging from 2
weeks to 3 months.
If you would be interested in
teaching abroad as a volunteer teacher with Co-Serve,
please contact Lars Peterson, Director of Teaching
Abroad Programs, at:
Lars@co-serve.org
Community Groups.
A "Community Group" is any group of people who are
interested in learning and growing together as they
consider the importance of community and the truths of
servant leadership. Co-Serve is ready to support such
groups with ideas and resources for group meetings,
discussions and activities. For many groups,
Co-Serve's small group discussion guide on "Building
Servant Leadership Communities" is a good place to
start. This guide helps a group to work through 16
weekly sessions where they read, discuss, act and
reflect together. Through this process, participants
learn through experience about what it means to serve
each other in community, how to help others know their
unique calling in life, and how to reach out and serve
others, including the excluded and powerless.
If you would be interested in learning more about
facilitating a community group, please contact us at:
info@co-serve.org
Consulting Services.
Co-Serve works with universities and institutes to help
them form cultures of servant leadership. This
involves a process of helping them to develop a mission,
a vision, core values and programs that seek the common
good as they help each member of their community to
reach their potential. This can involve extensive
involvement at universities as open communities based on
trust are formed.
Co-Serve also assists and consults international universities on the
process of receiving international accreditations and certifications.
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An American law professor teaches in
Kazakhstan as part of the Teaching Abroad Program.
International students in Kentucky
learn together about servant leadership in a community
group.
The Kazakh-American Free University
receives American accreditation of its business programs
after receiving consulting assistance from
Co-Serve.
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