New collaboration expands leadership development opportunities for Doctor of Ministry students
Richmont Graduate University is taking leadership development to the next level through an exciting new collaboration with Maxwell Leadership, the leadership development organization founded by internationally recognized leadership expert and bestselling author John C. Maxwell.
Through the collaboration, students in Richmont’s Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Formation and Leadership will have the opportunity to combine doctoral-level education with practical leadership development. Richmont faculty have developed a new three-course concentration that integrates selected content from the Maxwell Leadership Certificate Team program into Richmont’s own graduate curriculum.
The new three-course leadership concentration includes:
- Foundations of Leadership: Coaching
- Foundations of Leadership: Speaking
- Foundations of Leadership: Training
This opportunity goes beyond simply studying leadership. Students can strengthen practical skills in coaching, speaking, and training while continuing to grow as leaders prepared to make an impact in ministry, churches, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and their communities.
Students enrolled in the concentration will also have the opportunity to pursue the Maxwell Leadership Certificate Team program. Completion of all three certification tracks, Coaching, Speaking, and Training, could lead to Maxwell Leadership certification, subject to Maxwell Leadership Certificate Team program requirements.
The collaboration also creates a pathway for individuals who have previously completed all three tracks of the Maxwell Leadership Certificate Team program. Qualified individuals may be considered for up to six graduate credit hours toward Richmont’s Doctor of Ministry program through Richmont’s Prior Learning Assessment process, subject to Richmont’s academic review and transfer credit policies.
Travis Young, DMin, Assistant Dean of the School of Ministry and lead of the program, shared his excitement about the collaboration:
“I couldn’t be more excited about the integration of Richmont Graduate University’s Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Formation and Leadership with the practical leadership training offered through Dr. John Maxwell’s Maxwell Leadership Certified Team. Richmont has a long history of developing leaders who reflect Christlikeness, combining deep spiritual formation with rigorous graduate-level scholarship. The Maxwell Leadership Program brings a proven and highly practical approach to leadership development that complements Richmont’s strengths. Together, this partnership creates a powerful opportunity for students to grow as whole leaders, developing the heart, head, and hands of leadership at the doctoral level.”
By bringing together Richmont’s commitment to Christian spiritual formation and graduate education with the resources of the Maxwell Leadership Certificate Team program, students have an opportunity to strengthen their leadership, expand their influence, and make an even greater impact wherever they are called to serve.