Sustainability - Level B - Organizational

Dimensions of Modern Organizational Leadership:
an exploration of values-based, servant leadership

Speaker: Bobby Anderson, Director of Student Engagement and Leadership Development

Speaker Bio: A young-professional in the field of Student Affairs in Higher Education, Bobby has been employed by Saint Francis University since October of 2003. His principal insights and experience includes assisting student-leaders and their organizations in re-engineering their standards and processes in order to maximize their potential. Bobby's approach to leadership can be described as mission-focused, operations-centered, results-oriented, and values-based. Bobby is an annually selected speaker for the Fall Leadership Conference at Saint Francis University, coordinated by the SFU Student Government Association. Recently, Bobby has presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of the National Association of Campus Activities. Bobby's educational background includes a B.S. in Management/Information Systems and a Masters of Business Administration, both acquired through the School of Business at Saint Francis University. Bobby will begin his Doctoral studies in the Fall of 2010 at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania through the Administration and Leadership Studies program (Ed.D.).

Theme: Sustainability

Level: Organizational

Abstract: Modern leadership theory requires us to think about our organizations in a completely new way. A new way that will not only motivate but also unite individuals to a common purpose based on a set of shared values. By implementing this "new way", organizations will realize a greater capacity in which to achieve goals and perpetuate their services to their respective communities. This program will challenge participants to evaluate, most critically, their organization's sustainability through such concepts as harnessing the potential of the "Leadership Cycle", assessing their personal and organizational "Leadership Capacity", and developing a strategic "Leadership Pipeline".

Audience: Participants should include students in leadership positions that are encountering difficulties in the recruitment/retention of members and/or establishing/achieving organizational goals.

Objectives: The Learning Objectives of the presentation are: 

• Identifying of personal values 
• Understanding of the servant-leadership theory
• Appreciating diversity and individuality
• Developing community through commonality