The last decade has seen numerous high profile cases of derailed leaders around the globe, which fittingly prompted calls for a re-evaluation of the dominant leadership approaches employed in leadership programs. This talk outlines servant leadership as a holistic framework of leadership that incorporates the altruistic, emotional, moral, spiritual, and transformational dimensions of leader-follower relationships. Servant leadership appears more relevant and timely than other value-laden leadership to affect sustained and significant changes in key performance indicators such as followers' trust, work commitment and employee wellbeing. The presentation also highlights the latest study findings on the impact of servant leadership on followers' trust in leaders, and the extent to which it can be applied in Australia in comparison to other countries.
Sen Sendjaya is Senior Lecturer in Leadership in the Department of Management, Monash University. He serves in the Editorial Advisory Board of the Leadership and Organization Development Journal. He obtained his PhD on servant leadership in 2005, and has written extensively on the subject. Sen's refereed articles have appeared in top-tiered journals such as Journal of Management Studies, International Journal of Human Resource Management, European Journal of Work and Psychology, and European Journal of Information System. Currently he is undertaking research projects on servant leadership development, destructive leadership, leadership and emotions, team leadership, and organizational commitment.
Over the last few years, Sen has been invited to consult and speak on leadership in seminars and corporate workshops in Australia and overseas (i.e., America, China, and Indonesia). He is currently on sabbatical leave in the first half of 2010, during which he will be delivering executive education program at one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Jakarta and presenting his latest research overseas at Regent University, George Washington University, and Sichuan University.
Apart from academic engagement, Sen pastors the Indonesian Congregation of the Scots' Church Melbourne where he delivers expository Christ-centered sermons on Sundays. Sen is married to Dr Lyfie Sugianto, and has been blessed with two kids, Tiffany and Calvin.
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