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Good leaders must first become good servants.

- Robert Greenleaf

Featured Articles:

	A Call to Rest: Personal Servant Leadership for Success
	Dr. Renee N. Hale

The warmer weather is here and many of us will be taking breaks from hectic work schedules to spend time with family and friends. Let your desire to stay connected with work through email and phone calls subside as you truly take time to rest by renewing your body and mind. Renee Hale offers more insight on the importance of God’s call for us to rest. Article

	Leading in the Cracks
	Dr. Steven Bovee

Your God-given gifts and talents can impact others right where you are; you don’t necessarily need to climb to the top of the ladder to influence others. Read more to discover an encouraging point of view from one of our own faculty member’s thoughts and experiences. Article

	The High Cost of Low Morale: How to Address Low Morale in the Workplace through Servant Leadership
	Nicole Fink

Billions of dollars are wasted each year on low-productivity employees who are physically, mentally, and spiritually drained at work. Employees who exhibit low morale are often absent, ill, or just plain unhappy, and the domino effect this has on organizations is incredible. Read more on some tips Nicole offers to identify low morale in the workplace. Article

	Servant Leadership: Whom Do We Serve?
	Dr. Daniel Rogers

Dan Rogers provides scripture demonstrating Christ’s continuous example of servant leadership. Ultimately, leadership does not always equal wielding power. Using Dan’s insight, we recognize Christ’s equality with God, his service to God, and as a result, our obedience to God. Read more to see how Dan weaves his research together. Article

Volume 1, No. 2, July 2008

From the Editor

In this day and age, the demands of people and businesses are enough to clutter our lives and invade the places to which we retreat. Technology has given us great improvements over the years, but with that comes the increased demands of instant connections with people and information. At times, many of us feel violated when those instances occur while trying to relax.

This summer, as you balance your family and work time while enjoying the warmer weather, I urge you to clear the clutter in your life—renew and revive your mind and spirit. Take a moment to seek what your gifts and talents are and how to apply those in your personal life and at work.

The articles in this issue will encourage you to again take time to rest, lead when and where you are, identify and improve low workplace morale, and, most importantly, model the Biblical example of servant leadership.

Enjoy the sunshine!

Sarah George, M.S.M. 27 '04

Editor

Strategic Leadership Insights is an online journal published by Roberts Wesleyan College’s Master of Science in Strategic Leadership program to encourage ethical and effective leadership in today’s organizations. Our focus is to enhance the passions of our scholar-practitioner faculty, students, and alumni within the framework of the College’s values of scholarship, spiritual formation, and service. We remain committed to promoting life-long learning in our ever-expanding community.

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