Servant Leadership Learning Communities®

Abstract

Servant-led organizations do not happen overnight, and they must be steadily and continuously cultivated. The Dallas Servant Leadership Learning Communities® concept was conceived by Ann McGee-Cooper & Associates ten years ago, and thrives today as an innovation in fostering and maturing leaders at all levels in 11 community organizations, all sharing a long-term commitment to servant leadership. Each member benefits from the community interaction and the shared practices and lessons learned from fellow members, all of which are servant leadership organizations who lead the way with their well-established servant leadership cultures and commitment to grow learning organizations based on the five disciplines as described by Peter Senge (Senge, 1990). In this chapter, we will describe the forces at play in the conception of this community of learning organizations, feature the practices of two key members who helped define the standard of membership, and address how this innovation has been extended to servant-leaders in organizations nationwide and around the globe virtually.