{"id":112,"date":"2018-10-13T22:21:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T05:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chiefanalyzerofthings\/?p=112"},"modified":"2018-10-13T22:21:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T05:21:32","slug":"response-to-change-makers-et2-post-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chiefanalyzerofthings\/2018\/10\/13\/response-to-change-makers-et2-post-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Response to Change Makers ET2 Post Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sea Breeze, in the\u00a0blog post<\/a>,\u00a0 provided some very good insights towards Transformational Servant Leadership (TSL) within the Educational setting.\u00a0 In particular, I want to respond on the last point regarding Thinking Big Picture.\u00a0 Sea Breeze appears to suggest because the foundation of TSL originated from the teachings of Jesus, TSL is not likely to be implemented or accepted within the secular educational settings.\u00a0 I certainly agree the concept of TSL is difficult in practice, as mentioned by Sea Breeze “even born again Christians struggle to emulate Jesus\u2019 humble servant-like attitude all the time”.\u00a0 However, concur with Layla’s response<\/a> and I would also challenge Seabreeze’s\u00a0suggestion of TSL can only be emulated by Christians and it’s only effective in the Christian setting.\u00a0 The historical fact of Jesus Christ’s ministry on Earth approximately\u00a0two thousand years ago is the ultimate example of displaying TSL in a non-Christian environment.\u00a0 The definition of TSL is\u00a0to engage followers to achieve the organizational purposes by attending to the needs to the followers (Imbenzi et al., 2013, para. 34).\u00a0 In the biblical scriptures, we can see Jesus doing exactly that.\u00a0 If what Seabreeze mentioned in the post is true, then there is no hope in any of us.<\/p>\n

\"\"I believe there are many secular people and organizations already recognized the importance of attending the needs of others and have implemented some form of TSL, even though it may not be called that.\u00a0 If you read my introduction post, I love coffee! While Starbucks’ coffee is average, in my opinion,\u00a0I have to agree that Starbucks is a great international coffee company that is non-christian and yet, demonstrates TSL.\u00a0 Starbucks mission\u00a0 is “to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighbourhood\u00a0at a time.”\u00a0 (Ungerer, M., Ungerer, G., & Herholdt, J., 2016, p. 55).\u00a0 Starbucks’ values also include the following as mentioned in Ungerer et. al. (2016):<\/p>\n

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