Before starting this unit I was not familiar with the term andragogy nor did I realize that there was an art and science behind helping adults learn. Reading through the unit six notes, Malcolm Knowles’s six principles of andragogy and… Continue Reading →
Ryan’s Question “In a small organization, how do you select team members for a specific project without minimizing the abilities of the rest of the staff?” (Morrow, 2018) Ryan, great question! In my experience, I have been the leader selecting… Continue Reading →
Chris’s Question: “Have you experienced being a follower on a team where a leader clearly struggled with one of the ten characteristics of servant leadership from Spears? How did that impact you and the team you were a part of?”… Continue Reading →
There are many characteristics that can be used effectively by a team leader in a project development context. Three characteristics that stand out in Spears (2010) are listening, awareness and conceptualization. Listening is an essential component of communication and effective… Continue Reading →
It is one thing to assemble a team, but it is another to maximize the effectiveness of that group. Two critical functions of team effectiveness are performance and development (Northouse, 2018). Performance refers to the quality of outcomes produced by… Continue Reading →
Sarah, I enjoyed reading this post and your articulation of Arnold Bennett’s value of time. What stood out, and what I re-read several times, was the opening quote that you choose specifically the line “magically filled with twenty-four hours” (Watson,… Continue Reading →
Monica, this is one of my favorite posts that I reviewed so far. I truly enjoyed your articulation of the concept of time and the quotes and examples you referenced. Also, the life lessons that you have taken away from… Continue Reading →
Spears (2002) identified awareness as one of the 10 characteristics in Robert. K. Greenleaf’s writings about servant leadership. Awareness is a “quality within servant leadership that makes leaders acutely attuned and receptive to their […] environments. It includes understanding one… Continue Reading →
Throughout history there are numerous examples of transformational leaders, in all different settings and industries. Two that stand out for me are Florence Nightingale and Helen Bevan. Burns, as cited in Northouse (2018), defines transformational leadership as “the process whereby… Continue Reading →
In looking through part three and four, the story that appealed to me right away was in part four, chapter one: Thomas Carlyle. I have identified two leadership lessons that I took away from the reading. Perseverance is the first… Continue Reading →
