Greenleaf Centre for Servant-Leadership - UK Conference 2010
Leadership in Challenged Times
9th and 10th November: 10.00am – 4.30pm
Friends House, Euston Road London NW1 (9 November)
The Ambassadors Hotel Upper Woburn Place London WC1 (10th November)
November 9th Workshops
Friends House Euston Road London NW1 9.30am – 4.30pm
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Servant-Leadership And Changing Times
Building on their successful session from last year's conference, Terri McNerney and Jane Little will offer yet more ways in which the philosophy of Servant-Leadership is relevant to today's challenging times. You will learn from real examples of organisations currently going through change & transition, and see how Servant-Leadership can offer a powerful alternative to many of the more traditional approaches, resulting in change that is both effective and long lasting.
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Servant-Leadership And The Myers-Briggs Typology
In this workshop Ralph Lewis and Larry Spears will explore the ways in which servant-leaders can lead and serve in many different ways depending on their MBTI preferences. They will look at servant-leadership characteristics, personality type and the hierarchy of functions. Most important is the need to accept that the highest priority needs of others may well be different to ours and that the true servant-leader can understand and work with these differences in a positive and constructive way. Knowledge of your own type is not essential, but it may be helpful.
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Why Serve? Why Lead?
People often ask, “What is a servant-leader?” It is a difficult question to answer - at least briefly. Perhaps the real question is “Why act as a Servant-Leader?”
We can gain insight by looking separately at serving and leading; then combining the two parts to help our overall understanding. This workshop will take the form of short presentations followed by extensive discussion and interaction. At the end of the workshop we will understand ourselves better as Servant-Leaders, and understand better what we can actually do as Servant-Leaders in our daily lives. We will write a working definition of Servant-Leadership to share with enquirers - short enough to be written on a beer mat.
The workshop, facilitated by Charlie Foote and Justin Gallagher will also result in a shared article that can be put on our web site and submitted to other publishing means. The article should be authored by all who attend and will be done with a Wiki (shared editing), all attendees having edit-access.
Leadership in Challenged Times
Featured Speakers on November 10th at The Ambassadors Hotel
This year’s conference will be held on November 10th at The Ambassadors Hotel, Upper Woburn Place London WC1. Once more we have been able to call upon an outstanding panel of presenters including Terry Morgan, Lynne Sedgmore, Sharon Torpey. As usual, the conference will be structured to allow for substantial periods of interaction and discussion with participants being given every opportunity to play a full part in each day’s programme.
Terry Morgan
Terry Morgan took over the role of Chairman of Crossrail on 1 June 2009.
Prior to this, Terry was Chief Executive of Tube Lines, the company with a 30-year contract to maintain and upgrade the infrastructure of the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines. Terry’s employment record also include:
- Group Managing Director, Operations, BAE Systems
- Group HR Director, BAE Systems
- Managing Director (Royal Ordnance)
- Managing Director (Land Rover), Rover Group
- Operations Director, Rover Group
Terry is a Non-Executive Director of MJ Gleeson plc and also sits on the Board of Gateway to London, The London Skills and Employment Board, and is a member of the CBI London Regional Council. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He has an MSc in Engineering Production & Management.
Lynne Sedgmore
Lynne Sedgmore is currently Chief Executive of the 157 Group and is advisor to Whitehall on a range of projects including leadership, innovation capability, community cohesion and preventing violent extremism. Her most recent project is consultant to the Cabinet office review of public service leadership for the Prime Minister. She is also a consultant and coach in private organisations.
Lynne was Chief Executive of the Centre for Excellence in Leadership - the national leadership college for the learning and skills sector for four years (2004-2008). Previous roles include Principal of Guildford College, Vice Principal of Croydon College, Head of Croydon Business School, and Head of Curriculum Services at Hackney College. Lynne has held a range of full-time Leadership, Marketing, Curriculum and lecturing posts in Further Education.
Lynne is an experienced board member and has held 15 non-executive posts since 1984 including Vice-Chair of Croydon Health Authority, Chair of the UK Interfaith Seminary and Director of four Educational Companies. Currently she is a Director of the Anne Frank Trust UK, the Talent Foundation and a Board member of the Greenleaf Centre for Servant-Leadership UK.
Lynne is a qualified teacher and has an MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies. She was awarded the CBE in 2004. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a fellow of the Institute of Directors and is a Chartered Marketer.
Sharon Torpey
Sharon Torpey writes: I am a business coach and change consultant with more than 20 years’ experience of helping individuals and businesses flourish across the public and private sector. My clients include Reed Elsevier, Moben, NHS, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arup.
The task for leaders today is extremely challenging - both ensuring the prosperity of their businesses whilst working positively with an unknowable future. I believe that successful leadership is a function of our capacity to build and sustain powerful relationships; engaging with each other and our differences in a way that is authentic and human. At the heart of this is we need to establish a strong sense of identity and belonging.
Born to Indian and British parents in the 1950s, this is a narrative I know well, growing up with the challenge of establishing myself in a world not accustomed to a ‘Hindian’ (I smiled when I recently discovered this as urban slang for being half Indian).
I have an MSc in Organisational consulting with Ashridge and am an accredited coach with the Association for Coaching.