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Sarah, your story was inspiring and refreshing to hear! To hear about the circumstances of your past and present, along with your decision now to open yourself to new experiences as a way to broaden your horizon is really impressive.<\/p>\n
Your strong encouragement for leaders to get out of their own comfort zone, to serve others and to immerse themselves in new cultures is expressed so well and I wholeheartedly agree. Clearly these experiences have shaped you to be who you are today.<\/p>\n
As I think about what we have learned in this course related specifically to transformational servant leadership, I resonate with your encouragement. I see how the experiences you are encouraging can help develop so many of the characteristics needed to live out this kind of leadership.<\/p>\n
Thinknig about the ten characteristics of servant leadership from Spears (2002, as cited by Northouse, 2018<\/span>) it is evident how many of them would be cultivated through transcultural, other-centred experiences.\u00a0Listening, empathy, awareness, stewardship,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0building community<\/strong> come to mind immediately as being affected by serving others and focusing on those whose needs are greater than my own.<\/p>\n When it comes to the four factors of transformational leadership, these work together to allow “followers to accomplish more than what is usually expected of them” (Northouse, 2018, p. 172). A leader who has been able to accomplish more than they thought possible in a scenario like you have described in your leadership story is one who will likely be able to help the ones they lead do the same. Regarding\u00a0inspirational motivation\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0individualized consideration<\/strong> (Smith, Montagno, & Kuzmenko, 2004, as cited by Northouse, 2018), leaders who have experienced the impact and effect of intentionally serving others are more likely to be equipped in encouraging followers to do the same.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reference https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sjasmins\/2018\/11\/27\/my-leadership-story\/ Sarah, your story was inspiring and refreshing to hear! To hear about the circumstances of your past and present, along with your decision now to open yourself to new experiences as a way to broaden your horizon is really impressive. Your strong encouragement for leaders to get out of their own comfort zone, to … <\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Northouse, P. G. (2018). Leadership: Theory and Practice, Eighth Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"