RE: Learning Activity 2-Servant leadership and team effectiveness by Hiromi Hasegawa

Hi Hiromi,

I really liked your outline of what modern servant leadership looks like and how it relates to team leadership. One of the thoughts I had while reading Northouse’s chapter on ‘Team Leadership’ was that it seems to be the ideal goal for leaders utilizing a Transformational Servant style of leadership (TSL). What I mean by this is that TSL leaders focus on developing their followers to the best version of themselves. I feel like when followers have been empowered to the point where each team member is competent and confident, that’s when you start to see the principles of a team leadership capacity. Team leadership capacity enables each team member to lead when the situation best suits their particular skills and allows for faster response time in environments that change rapidly (Northouse, 2016, p. 365). When TSL leaders have built a strong team with member competent, confident, and embodying the principles of TSL similar to their leader, then it makes for a strong overall team that’s humble and supportive of each other throughout. TSL, in my opinion, is great training for an aspiring leader and it also allows for other individuals to encompass TSL within the same group without competing interests as the overall interests of the group and team’s development would be the main focus of a TSL-driven team.

Yours truly,

-Ruiz

References

Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice, Seventh Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN 971452203409