SEVERN LEADERSHIP GROUP INC

The Severn Leadership Group (SLG) trains, mentors, and networks elite leaders to serve effective teams.
Through leadership programs designed to develop leaders and followers committed to living a life of selfless courage and service to others before self, SLG strengthens influential organizations worldwide with virtuous, emotionally healthy, selfless leaders that catalyze teams of excellence; helping to shape a future that is better than the present so that all people can flourish and experience a life of hope, freedom and well-being in their communities and workplace -- locally and globally.

The SLG believes that leadership is defined by one's character. It is relational, selfless, and transforming, inspiring excellence in both individuals and organizations. The Severn Leadership Group consists of professionals known as “Fellows” and “Senior Fellows”.

The Fellows Program is designed to develop men and women into highly effective leaders who inspire lives of selfless courage and service to others – resulting in exceptional mission-focused teams in the pursuit of excellence. The SLG presents a holistic picture of both leadership and followership with an emphasis on practical knowledge and skills. An SLG group (consisting of 12 to 15 fellows) meets monthly for a period of 5-7 months - depending on location. The Fellows will have an opportunity to grow together through joint readings, presentations, reflection, and discussions on the foundations of leadership and their practical application. They will do this in collaboration with the Senior Fellows and Mentors of the SLG.

The Senior Fellows/Mentors Certification Program prepares men and women with proven leadership skills and experience) to be mentors. This introduces them to the SLG systems-based approach to leadership and followership, character development, program material/design, and to hone their skills as a mentor (focusing on listening and building trust, assessing and challenging, supporting, and setting goals). The mentors attend monthly Fellows meetings, serving as small-group discussion facilitators. Additionally, the mentor meets with a paired fellow at least once a month.

Through the SLG worldwide network, fellows and mentors are connected and supported for life.

The Severn Leadership Group (SLG) serves the community and includes leaders in both the military and civilian sectors. Currently, the SLG programs in-person in Annapolis, Maryland, and Groton, Connecticut. We serve fellows and senior fellows across the USA with virtual/online programming.

The Fellow and Senior Fellow/Mentor programs are clearly established, tested, and are well underway. Currently, we have more requests to start new programs both in the US and abroad than we have financial resources. The SLG has a clear purpose, a strong board of directors, a passionate and accomplished CEO/founder and president, a solid financial system, operating policies and significant input from the business and military communities.

The strength of the program is our volunteers who serve as senior fellows and mentors. They have made a real difference, helping to shape the program, and walking with the fellows as mentors. They clearly give their time and of themselves.

To date we have completed 22 Fellows cohorts, developed 241 fellows, trained over 120 mentors, and provided quarterly network events that serve our community of practice. With over 100 volunteers who have given more than 50,000 hours of their time, talent and treasure, our mission to develop and support leaders who serve others before self continues to thrive. SLG leaders (and followers) live out these core virtues at work, at home and in the community, influencing thousands of individuals. We are already successful in cultivating our world’s future servant leaders, who will serve countless others over the course of their lifetime.

People learn about the program through outreach and from the fellows who invite friends, spouses, colleagues, team members, and others. Senior fellows do the same. As one executive summarized the SLG this way, "This program is noble and needed."

We offer in-person programs in Maryland, Connecticut, Northern Virginia and Florida and virtual programming that reaches across North America.

We are investigating starting groups in additional states. We having fellows serving in the US and around the world.

We have implemented an SLG Mentor Certification Process which is an integrated approach to mentoring as opposed to coaching, which tends to focus on skill development, performance enhancement, or career guidance. Mentors focus on imparting wisdom to fellows by taking active interest in their development. Mentors do not walk ahead to show their fellows how they did it. Rather, mentors walk alongside their fellows to show them what they can do.

We energize the SLG worldwide network through social media, email and online and hybrid events.

We offer corporate partnership opportunities for immersive leadership and mentor development.