hello, thank you for your post.
I love how you described your dream of having this anniversary party became a reality. When small dreams take root and come into fruition it makes light work. we both picked the same two principles from Northouse. I believe as you do, servant leadership mandates we lead fairly. When you communicated your vision for this party did you face any resistance? Was it difficult to create buy-in or did it happen organically? Are there any suggestions you could give when communicating vision?
Being an ethical leader requires one to pursue their morals in any given situation. Leadership starts with the heart and your true authentic intentions. There is no room for dishonesty as it brings the team down and all trust will be lost. If there is no trust in a team then the productivity, and culture will suffer. Mal intentions will bear negative fruit, unfortunately, the fruit may leaving lasting distaste in people’s mouths. Northouse states “when leaders are not honest, others come to see them as undependable and unreliable. People lose faith in what leaders say and stand for and their respect for leaders is diminished” (2019, p.353). Being a service orientated leader means that you have your followers, best interest at heart. Servant leadership encompasses many traits that are common with ethical leadership such as listening, empathy and awareness. Ethical leadership and servant leadership correlate, I believe you can’t have one without the other. Being a servant leader calls you to be ethical, and being an ethical leader calls you to be concerned with the values and committed to the growth of your people.
Northouse, P. G. (2019). Leadership: Theory and practice