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Ph.D. in Leadership Studies

Gonzaga University’s Ph.D. in Leadership Studies  is a hybrid program designed for working professionals and welcomes students with a broad range of experience.

Our program centers on three dimensions of leadership:

• the leader as a person
• the leader in organizational systems
• the leader in global systems

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CLL0003 - Certificate in Servant Leadership

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Servant leadership is a time-tested leadership disposition based on the practice of “serving first.” Espoused by well-known companies such as REI and Nordstrom, servant leadership is neither a “soft” nor naïve form of leadership; rather, it’s one in which the well-being and growth of people and organizations are kept at the center of all decisions. 

In this 14-week, online course, you’ll explore servant leadership with a focus on application to real life. Through company case-studies, leader interviews, group discussions and more, you’ll not only shape your leadership identity, but develop a practical toolkit for applying servant leadership to your organization and beyond. 

What You’ll Learn: 

• Understand the characteristics and nuances of servant leadership. 
• Recognize your unique servant-leader identity and how it influences the way you lead. 
• Develop core emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication skills to support the growth of others. 
• Gain tools and skills to create a culture in which you, your team members and your organization can thrive.

The course is entirely online. Though a structured curriculum, you’ll have flexibility to complete coursework independently, while also having the chance build relationships with your instructor and peers. 

• Virtual Class Meetings:  7 virtual class sessions, select your preferred session to the right to view the full schedule
• Time Commitment:  Students tell us that they typically spend 3-5 hours per week.
• Students are expected to attend all Zoom classes; however, in case of an unexpected absence, students can work with instructor to create alternative assignments.

Requirements:

• 5 years of any kind of work experience.
• No degree required.
• No application required.
• Students admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
• Grading is on a Pass/Fail basis.
• Upon completion, students receive a Certificate from Gonzaga University and 8 Continuing Education credits on a Gonzaga University transcript.
• Students who successfully complete a School of Leadership Studies certificate program have the option of applying a maximum of 3 credits towards completion of a Masters in Organizational Leadership or Masters in Communication and Leadership at Gonzaga, contingent upon admission and within 5 years of certificate completion.
• Students are responsible for confirming whether this course counts towards their organization's tuition reimbursement program (if applicable) or towards professional certification requirements.

Link to the Scholarship Application: Scholarships are available on a case-by-case basis with priority given to scholarship applications submitted by July 1 for fall programs and by November 1 for winter/spring programs. If you are applying for a scholarship, please fill out this application before checking out.

• https://cll.gonzaga.edu/portal/applications/applicationProfile.do?method=loadApplicationIndex&applicationProfileId=1011081  

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Time Commitment: Students tell us that they typically spend 3-5 hours per week. 

Attendance: Students are expected to attend all Zoom classes; however, in case of an unexpected absence, students can work with instructor to create alternative assignments.

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Meet Debbie Heiser, instructor for the Certificate in Servant Leadership. Debbie has spent over 30 years in the international, domestic, and entrepreneurial space in leadership roles as a Servant Leader in training. She started her own business in 2015 helping people spark their passions and ignite their lives and businesses. As a business consultant and leadership coach, she works with business leaders across the country and has a podcast called Lead Your Life with Debbie Heiser which can be found on all the major platforms. Debbie is a graduate of the School of Leadership at Gonzaga University and is an adjunct instructor, teaching Foresight and Strategy along with the Certificate in Servant Leadership program. She is active in her community and loves teaching and connecting people!

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Publications, center for lifelong learning: working their way into a crowded market.

Rachelle Strawther described an email the Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL) recently received from Mike Berg, who earned certificates in Women’s Leadership and Servant Leadership.

He discovered his need for leadership training when he was promoted at Amazon to a supervisory role and began working with five women who “were clearly smarter, more talented and better leaders than I. As a supervisor, it was a ludicrous position to be in, only having relatively more tenure than others. And it was somehow worse because we work in IT and had seen unthinkable attrition of female leaders. At a time when the team needed role models, they had me instead,” Berg wrote.

Several were promoted and three of the five women were recently honored with Amazon Women Engineering awards for outstanding work.

Berg is just one of hundreds of businesspeople, community leaders and industry experts who have received certificates from Gonzaga, and with it, an understanding of GU’s values and ethics.

Strawther is the founding director of CLL, which was established in 2021, developed and launched in September 2022. CLL began with five programs and in just 19 months has expanded to 15 certificates – five championed by the School of Leadership Studies, three in School of Business Administration, two in Engineering and Applied Science, and one each in Education, Law and the UW-GU Health Partnership.

“We meet with a group of professionals doing similar work across the country – most who got into this aspect of higher education long before we did – and they are amazed at how much support CLL receives from our campus partners – Marcom, GEM, IDD, ITS, Alumni, to name a few,” Strawther says.

Marketing is a major factor in CLL’s success in this very competitive marketplace, says Kristin Plouffe, assistant director and the person charged with building relationships with community and business leaders.

“We tap into organizations that have a desire to build relationships with Gonzaga,” Plouffe says. “Our strategy is to ask the leaders at these organizations to partner with us in helping to facilitate their needs rather than Gonzaga launching programs and hoping they fill.

Many companies pay for their employees to participate in these courses, Strawther says. As one recent example, Providence has sent 12 employees through the Certificate in Healthcare Leadership since its inception last year.

Gonzaga seeks industry leaders to teach in its CLL programs. Four years in the making, Professor Brian Henning worked with climate experts to craft the Certificate in Climate Action Planning and has created a network of experts to instruct people in the trade in need of climate sensitivity training.

For example, one high school graduate who had received promotions in the manufacturing professions and was now in a management position, needed training in how to hone his skills to become a better boss.

“Some people who have been working for a while might want some retooling,” Plouffe says. “Some may want to shift career directions but don’t have the luxury to take a couple years off to attain a new degree. Many want to learn how to be better leaders.”

Facing the cost of a degree and the impact of taking on more debt, a shorter course without losing work time is a win-win for working adults. The cost of a certificate program is about equal to the cost of one master’s degree class. And many of CLL’s programs can branch into degree programs as elective credits, upon admission and completion, Plouffe says.

Demand moves CLL’s decision-making in what programs to offer. Recent additions to CLL’s menu of certificate training include digital marketing, marketing analytics and project management. CLL offers 40 ways for K-12 teachers to earn clock hours. On the horizon is a program in customer service, based upon partner feedback, Plouffe says.

Playing major roles in CLL’s progress are Program Manager Kerri Danowski and Audrey Minton from Admissions Operations, who although doesn’t work in CLL, is a key player.