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Response to Daniel – Northouse, “Team Effectiveness”

Daniel, in your blog post you talked about a situation with your church where your board was not supportive of you and your wife in your leadership when you started at the church you currently pastor at, and where you… Continue Reading →

Response to Norm – Servant Team Leadership

In his post about Servant Leadership, Norm posed a question about the practical ways a servant leader can balance the long-term goals with the day-to-day processes. In my experience, I have found that knowing how the day-to-day processes tie into… Continue Reading →

Learning Activity 2 – Servant Leadership and Team Leadership

When a team leader is coordinating a group project they should make sure that they clearly articulate the project goal “so that one can tell whether the performance objective has been realized” (Northouse, 2016, p. 368). When they are articulating… Continue Reading →

Response to Ryan Morrow – Light from Many Lamps – Unit 4 – Franklin D.Roosevelt

Ryan, I found that your post highlighted some of the characteristics of a servant leader that Spears identified in Greenleaf’s writings, namely listening and empathy (Spears, 2010). It seems that Roosevelt, whether implicitly or explicitly understood the importance of these… Continue Reading →

Learning Activity 1 – Team Leadership

When teams are effective they achieve two critical functions: performance and development (Northouse, 2016). Performance is the ability of teams to accomplish tasks with excellence (Northouse, 2016). Development is the ability of the team to meet their own needs and… Continue Reading →

Response to Papagena163 – Light from Many Lamps – William Ernest Henley

Hiromi’s post served as a reminder to me of the importance of my attitude regardless of my circumstances. Hiromi posed a question about how William Ernest Henley was able to stay positive and strong in spite of his difficult circumstances…. Continue Reading →

Learning Activity 2: Servant Leadership

Servant leadership prioritizes followers and their interests and development over that of the leader or the organization (Northouse, 2016). The term was first coined and written about by Robert K. Greenleaf (Northouse, 2016); he wrote, “it starts with the natural… Continue Reading →

Light From Many Lamps – Part 2

The first leadership lesson in the story of Arnold Bennett in Light From Many Lamps is found in the vision he had for his own life of having “a brilliant and successful writing career” (Watson, 1951, p. 142). We are… Continue Reading →

Learning Activity 1: Transformational Leadership

Transformational leadership focuses on transforming people, improving their performance and uniting them towards a shared organizational vision (Northouse, 2016). The result of this is high accomplishment of followers as they shift their values from self-interest to the organizational good (Northouse,… Continue Reading →

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