If There Was Ever a Time for Servant Leadership, It is Now! Delegates Invited from around the World Gather at the Westin Galleria Dallas June 8-10 for 21st Annual International Conference

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At a time of unprecedented economic, political and technological change, the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership in cooperation with the Association of Leadership Professionals is convening its 21^st Annual International Conference, June 8-10, 2011 at the Westin Galleria Dallas, 13340 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX. The conference has taken place in Dallas only once before, in 2007.

The 2011 Greenleaf International Conference will provide a unique opportunity for current and emerging leaders in business, higher education, health care, government, non-profit organizations, and faith communities to focus on the ethical, practical, and meaningful benefits of servant leadership.

Conference Highlights:

June 8^th: Pre-conference day with on-site visits to such industry leaders as Southwest Airlines, Celebration Restaurants, The Container Store, Habitat for Humanity Homes, Parkland Hospital, TD Industries, Texas Instruments and eight workshops.
June 9^th and 10^th: Two full conference days interacting with diverse leaders at various stages of their servant leadership journeys. The conference concludes with the Celebration Dinner on Friday night.
Featured speakers who have proven in their own careers that servant leadership is ethical, practical, and meaningful. They will challenge and inspire servant-leaders with their stories from business, government, and the non-profit sectors.
Twenty-four workshops in which presenters and participants will dig into case studies to discover the best servant-leader practices that have been used in organizations from many sectors.
Opportunities during breaks, meals, a community service project, and the “Affinity Group Meetings,” to interact informally with servant leaders who are at various stages in their personal and organizational journeys.

Featured and keynote speakers include: Jeff Lamb, Senior Vice President Administration and Chief People Officer at Southwest Airlines; Rafael Flores, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer at Luminant’s Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant; Dr. Daniel H. Kim, organizational consultant, facilitator, and teacher; Cheryl Broetje, owner and operator of Broetje Orchards; Doug Hawthorne, CEO of Texas Health Resources; Ruben Amarasingham, Director of the Center for Clinical Innovation, Parkland Health & Hospital system; Kerney Laday, incoming Chairman of the Board at Texas Health Resources.

Registration and corporate sponsorships are available for individuals, groups and companies interested in attending by visiting http://www.greenleaf.org/annualconference.

About The Greenleaf Center

The Greenleaf Center is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to promote awareness, understanding, and practice of servant leadership by individuals and organizations. The Center envisions a global community in which servant leadership is embraced as a guiding principle, thus building a more just, caring, and sustainable world with hope and prosperity for future generations.

The Greenleaf Center is led by an international Board of Trustees who works closely with affiliated organizations in the United States and overseas, including Greenleaf Centers in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Iceland, and Singapore. The Center was founded by Robert K. Greenleaf in 1964. In 1970, Greenleaf published an essay, “The Servant as Leader,” in which he coined the phrase “servant-leader” and launched the modern servant leadership movement.

More information is available at www.greenleaf.org - The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership is located at 770 Pawtucket Drive, Westfield, IN 46074 317.669.8050.