Lecture dates and class times are as listed.
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La Crosse Campus

First half of semester: Aug. 26–Oct. 15

SVLD 546 Special Topics: Power and Trust in Organizations
Rick Kyte. Online.  3-credit elective course. 

Course Description:   

Robert Greenleaf understood that the primary task of a Servant Leader is to build an effective, ethical organizational culture and that the means to do this was through the intentional surrender of coercive power and the cultivation of trusting relationships. This course will examine seminal writings on the nature of power and trust spanning two thousand years, beginning with historical and philosophical writings by figures like Thucydides and Plato and ending with contemporary empirical studies in sociology and psychology. The goal of the course is to know how to create the conditions of ethical culture in our own organizations.

SVLD 557-001 Prophetic Leadership   

Murphy Center, Room 500.  Thomas Thibodeau  

Course Dates:

09/13/2019 Lecture Friday 05:00PM - 10:00PM

09/14/2019 Lecture Saturday 08:00AM - 5:00PM 

10/04/2019 Lecture Friday 05:00PM - 10:00PM 

10/05/2019 Lecture Saturday 08:00AM - 5:00PM

 10/18/2019 Lecture Friday 05:00PM - 10:00PM     

10/19/2019 Lecture Saturday 08:00AM - 5:00PM      

Course Description: 

 The prophet is called and calls others to read the signs of the times. Prophetic Leadership is genuinely involved in the social, economic, and political realities of the communities they serve. This course will examine prophetic voices throughout history. Participants will discern and discover their won prophetic voice in leadership and the courage of their own conviction.

Second half of semester: Oct. 22–Dec. 14

SVLD 501-001 Servant Leadership Theory and Practice 

Murphy Center, Room 500 Thomas Thibodeau    

Course Dates: 

11/01/2019 Lecture Friday 05:00PM - 10:00PM 

11/02/2019 Lecture Saturday 08:00AM - 5:00PM   

11/15/2019 Lecture Friday 05:00PM - 10:00PM 

11/16/2019 Lecture Saturday 08:00AM - 5:00PM

12/06/2019 Lecture Friday 05:00PM - 10:00PM 

12/07/2019 Lecture Saturday 08:00AM - 5:00PM     

Course Description:   

The foundations of servant leadership are ethical, good people choose to work with good people for a Greater Good. Servant leadership is meaningful, creating cultures for the integration of passion and purpose. Servant leadership is practical, people are most engaged when they see results. Servant leadership is biblical in its understanding and practice. According to Robert Greenleaf the best test includes our response to the least privileged members of society.