How to Become a Servant Leader

Servant leaders are attentive to the growth and development of those they work with, including partners, employees, and customers. Here's how you can join their ranks.

"I think the simplest way to explain it would be to say that servant leaders focus on identifying and meeting the needs of others rather than trying to acquire power, wealth, and fame for themselves,"says Kent Keith, CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, a Westfield, Indiana-based non-profit that promotes education about and implementation of servant leadership.

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Join TimeBanks NYC

Find a unique volunteer experience through TimeBanksNYC.

On Thursday January 27th, TimeBanksNYC will host a service and volunteerism networking event at the Central Park Arsenal.

This is the first of a monthly series dedicated to participating service organizations in each borough. By joining TimeBanksNYC, you’ll be part of a network of people exchanging their talents and skills for the good of the community and personal improvement.

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PNP's annual surveys of nonprofit salaries provide valuable information on salary ranges for many different positions within the nonprofit sectors of New York, New Jersey and Washington, DC. The surveys are available for free.

View the 2009 survey for New Jersey.

Michele M. Leonhart Confirmed by Senate as DEA Administrator

DEC 22 -- (Washington, D.C.) - On Dec. 22, 2010, the United States Senate unanimously voted to confirm Michele M. Leonhart as the 10th Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. She is the first female DEA Special Agent to rise through the ranks of the agency to become its Administrator, and only the second woman to lead the agency. In fact, she is the first career female federal agent to ever lead a federal law enforcement agency.

Upon confirmation, Administrator Leonhart said:

“I am extremely humbled and honored to have the opportunity to continue to lead the world’s premier drug law enforcement organization. DEA is an incredible organization comprised of the most talented men and women in law enforcement. I am dedicated to meeting the challenges that DEA faces, from disrupting and dismantling extremely violent Mexican based drug cartels; to defeating narco-terrorists operating in Afghanistan and around the world; and doing all we can to reduce prescription drug abuse, our nation’s fastest growing drug threat. I will devote all of my energy and experience to guide DEA as we enforce the nation’s drug laws and take the lead in the global fight against drug trafficking.”

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The 3rd Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service

"Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve."
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Join Jersey Cares volunteers throughout the state on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 17, 2011 to improve our neighborhoods together. Registration is now open and projects will close as they fill. Volunteer projects include:



Painting Murals (murals sketched in advance)
Assembling First Night Kits
Conducting Creative Writing Workshops
Creating "I Have a Dream" Mobiles and Peace Bingo Cards
Building Seats for Social Justice using picnic tables and benches
Serving Hot Meals
Spending Time w/ Seniors
Sorting Donations

The Washington Post - Obama plans to shut down federal internship program

President Obama plans to issue an executive order, perhaps as early as this week, ending a federal internship program that critics say circumvents proper hiring practices.

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The New York Times - NY Governor

Back in Albany, 16 Years Later, to Serve Another Gov. Cuomo

As Andrew M. Cuomo takes office on Saturday as the 56th governor of New York, veterans of his father’s three terms as the 52nd are taking on crucial roles in the new administration, his kitchen cabinet or the Democratic Party apparatus he now controls.

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