Servant Leadership Award Application

“Do others served grow as persons; do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?”
Robert K. Greenleaf, “The Servant Leader”

Named after URI’s 10th President, the Robert L. Carothers Servant Leadership Award recognizes Outstanding Service to the URI Community Leadership.

Questions

Contact Servant Leadership selection committee chair Melissa Boyd-Colvin at mboyd@uri.edu.

Servant Leadership Questions

  1. How have you demonstrated a long-term commitment to making a positive and measurable impact related to a specific cause or social issue that affects URI, RI and/or the global community?
  2. How have you applied the Servant Leadership Model (Greenleaf, 1977) to your practice of leadership in a way that develops other leaders and encourages others to serve?
  3. Please provide concrete examples of how you have utilized each of the Ten Characteristics of a Servant Leader (Spears, 2010) in practice including: listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of the people, and building community.

The application form will open once the nomination period has closed.