Viterbo Core Values

Even just the compassion and service that Viterbo valued I knew that someone would always be there to lend a helping hand. It was also important to me that Viterbo valued service because throughout my life and especially during high school service was highly valued by me. It was always a way for me to relieve stress, and help the greater good. I think my values of service and stewardship originated heavily from my family. Growing up, my mom was my 4-H leader, and I was heavily involved in my church youth ministry and because of that I was constantly doing service. When I was younger, I volunteered because it was something that my family did – so I did, but the older I got I realized how much I truly enjoyed the act of helping people in need.

Servant leadership simply means that the leader serves first. For example, you are leading a group of individuals while being one at their level. Servant leaders are not all mighty, in fact, they have the mindset that they are a servant just the same as you are. Leaders that emanate from this belief do not think they are better than everyone else instead they consider themselves to be equal to those who they are leading (Definition of Servant Leadership). This ties in well with the core values of Viterbo and of the Franciscan culture because we learned that a great servant leader should obtain some of these certain characteristics such as; commitment, honest, trustworthy, caring, appreciating people and treating others with respect (Hunter 100). Those certain characteristics that were explained in the book, The Servant, also directly correlate with the specific core Viterbo value of integrity. For example, integrity is all about honesty, and moral character; and a big role in being a great servant leader is to be honest, trustworthy, and to treat others with the utmost respect. This also correlates back to my personal values because I value compassion which would explain why I portray caring, appreciating people, and treating others with respect. I believe the type of leader I want to be is a servant leader because I never want people to think that they cannot approach me. I want to be a team working for the greater good, not just me giving direction to others. I plan to further this goal to be a servant leader into my adult life and professional