Graduate Servant Leadership Certificate

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Overview

Develop Your Skills With GCU’s Graduate Certificate in Servant Leadership

The Graduate Certificate in Servant Leadership is designed to guide you on how to create a positive work culture of growth, engagement and employee well-being. Available through Grand Canyon University’s Colangelo College of Business, this graduate certificate program is offered entirely online. The courses in this program offer a balance of structured curriculum, flexibility and engagement with peers and faculty. 

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Why GCU

Benefits of GCU’s Servant Leadership Certificate

During this online servant leadership certificate program, you will participate in group discussions, coaching, company case studies and leader interviews to help identify your leadership styles. Using your unique leadership identities, you can develop skills on how to apply servant leadership in the workplace.

As a faith-based university, GCU encourages all students to view the curriculum through a Christian worldview.

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Apply Servant Leadership in the Workplace

Servant leadership skills can be applied in every career, industry and job function to create sustainable results and a positive workplace culture.

These industries are typically aligned in their mission to serve others and include:

Healthcare

Education

Ministry

Government/politics

Nonprofit

Retail

Industries Known for Servant Leadership

Some industries may tend to place a higher value on servant leadership careers. 

Servant Leadership in Nursing

As with the healthcare industry as a whole, servant leadership in nursing is particularly well-aligned due to the direct patient care involved in the nursing field. Nurses build relationships with many of their patients through regular, personal interaction. Through this interaction, nurses and physicians are able to create personalized care plans that best meet the medical needs of each patient.

Servant Leadership in Education

Servant leadership can be an effective leadership model used in schools. School principals who incorporate servant leadership in education can help encourage, empower and serve their teachers. Teachers who feel supported increase their effectiveness in the classroom; thus, positively impacting student learning as well as their relationships with parents and colleagues.

Servant Leadership in Business

Many companies favor servant leadership training in business. Chick-fil-A, Whole Foods, Marriott, Southwest Airlines, Nordstrom and REI are among the long list of recognized companies who understand the importance of creating nurturing workplace environments for their employees.1 When employees feel respected, heard and appreciated, their morale, engagement and productivity increases.

Coursework

Servant Leadership Course Topics

In our servant leadership certificate program, you can develop advanced leadership skills in effective communication, critical thinking, global awareness, ethics and conscious capitalism.

Throughout your courses, you have the opportunity to articulate the responsibilities of leadership in a Christian context. This includes the biblical basis of servant leadership and the professional integrity and commitment to the good of all stakeholders required of Christian leaders.

While completing this servant leadership certificate program, you will be taught to:

  • Identify key concepts of leadership and how the science of organizational behavior contributes to effective leaders and managers
  • Recognize how a servant leader is different from other leaders and how focusing on the needs of others can create interdependency rather than dependency in organizations
  • Be able to synthesize the interdependent concepts of global business, cultural intelligence, self-awareness and interpersonal relationships
  • Understand the important role of conscious capitalism in elevating humanity and helping people and communities flourish
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Careers

Career Paths in Servant Leadership

Earning a graduate servant leadership certificate can help prepare you to lead with compassion, integrity and in service to others. Individuals who pair their servant leadership education with an advanced degree, such as a master's in leadership, may be found to be great candidates for various positions, including: 
•    Chief executive
•    General or operations manager
•    Human resources manager
•    Sales manager
•    Training and development manager
•    Social and community services manager

FAQ

Servant Leadership Certificate Program FAQs

Read through some of the most frequently asked questions to learn more about becoming a servant leader and earning your graduate certificate in servant leadership.

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1 Lichtenwalner, B. (2024, Aug. 21). Servant Leadership Companies List. Modern Servant Leader. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

2 VanBenschoten, B. (2020, Nov. 25). What Is Servant Leadership and How To Apply It. The National Society of Leadership and Success. Retrieved June 20, 2023

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