Healing is an understudied dimension of servant leadership, despite being recognized as a vital activity of individuals and institutions committed to serving others. This course examines the critical role of servant leaders in helping create the institutional and social conditions necessary for human flourishing. Key concepts covered will include health assets, moral injury, leading causes of life, social determinants of health, among others.

At the heart of a Franciscan theology of environment is the notion of ecological stewardship - a responsibility and opportunity to embrace the cosmic earth story with an attitude of care for the planetary household of God. Stewardship understood in this way is another key characteristic of a servant leader. This course will examine ecological guidelines for behavior (ethos) for the household (oikos), and explore the relationship between environmental justice and issues of social justice.

The MA in Servant Leadership seeks to meet the needs of adult learners. All students will participate in the core courses described above, and while some students program may include mostly elective course work taken through Viterbo University, other students may choose to construct a program consisting largely of contracts for individualized work or a mixture of elective courses and contracts. Contracts are composed in close coordination with the students adviser.

Ethical leadership in organizations is designed for people who want to learn how to lead effective, ethical change within their organizations. Participants will acquire practical knowledge of servant leadership and ethical decision-making. Participants will also learn specific leadership strategies, based upon a proven training program that will establish long-lasting and significant transformation of the workplace culture. The interdisciplinary nature of the program allows participants to tailor the program.

Ethical leadership in organizations is designed for people who want to learn how to lead effective, ethical change within their organizations. Participants will expand their practical knowledge of servant leadership and ethical decision-making from SVLD 531. Participants will also learn reflection and renewal as effective leadership tools, conflict resolution techniques, the importance of community, mentor leadership stories from local leaders, and more. The interdisciplinary nature of the program allows participants to tailor the program to their personal, professional, and needs.

By examining the foundations of servant leadership in scripture, theology, and the experience of the people of God, participants may begin to identify and understand their own ways of leading and the gifts and skills that they bring to leadership for the common good so that they may set goals for developing them. The course should help participants answer these questions: What are the virtues of a servant leader If I am to be a servant leader, what type of person would I need to be, and how would I need to act

This course introduces students to the discipline of theological reflection as a primary mode of inquiry in the study of servant leadership. Using the critical tools of theological reflection, participants will begin to develop a way of "seeing things whole," integrating in their private and public lives the theologically resonant texts, traditions, and practices that form leaders, transform institutions, and inspire communities.

This course is aimed at providing a framework to help participants make the hard moral decisions that face servant leaders if they are to promote the common good. This course will emphasize traditional ethical principles, contemporary ethical theory, and Catholic social teaching. Application will be made to leadership theory and practice and how these principles shape the common good, especially in our institutions and communities.

What does the concept of the common good mean in our public and political lives, and how can we best attain the common good How do we square the concepts of liberty, equality, and justice with a notion of the common good In this class, we will look at these questions through the lens of political philosophy, gaining a better understanding of concepts such as liberty, equality, and justice; the role these concepts play in United States in the 21st century; and how we can best engage as citizens to carry out these principles.