Response to B121 – Light from many Lamps Light From Many Lamps – Part 1 Throughout this exercise, I have seen how humility directly leads to confidence in leadership. Eddie Rickenbacker gives us another example of a leader who realized that he could not have success solely by operating within his own strengths and weaknesses. By […]
Response to Daneen85 Light from many Lamps #1 Light from Many Lamps Part # 1 Thanks, Daneen for sharing your insights on the powerful example of integrating courage, compassion and faith in leadership as observed in the life of William G. Farrow (Daneen85, 2018). As I read the story about Farrow I was also touched at his […]
Being able to look at yourself through someone else’s eyes is invaluable as a leader. The view will either confirm your internal perspectives or challenge you toward growth. I did raise my eyebrows a bit when I noticed that I rated myself less self-confident, less self-assured and less outgoing than others did. All three of […]
Light from many Lamps On a cold and wet February day in 1861, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln made his way through the crowd of hundreds of friends and fellow citizens who, with no regard to party distinction had gathered at the Great Western Railway in Springfield, Illinois to “grasp that honest hand” one last time and […]
Response to Ryan’s Post 3 Innovative leaders can often experience frustration when their visionary ideas are set aside due to limited resources. In his post on servant leadership, Ryan presents a situation that could be a defining moment for his school. Adding additional classes requires finances to hire teachers, space to house the students and […]
Thanks for your post about the impact that George Couros is making in the field of education. I had not read any of Couros’ work until I read about the variety of ideas about best practices for teachers and administrators. I visited Couros’ blog this afternoon and read his article about the 10 Core Values […]
Dr. Ken Blanchard Dr Ken Blanchard is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world. He is a speaker author or co-author of over 65 books including the iconic New York Times bestseller The One Minute Manager® (Facebook) (Twitter). I have been following Ken’s Twitter account as well as his blog, How We […]
Response to Matt’s Post 1 One of my favourite books is Lead Like Jesus (2016) by Blanchard, Hodges and Hendry so when Matt ended his post by asking what one measure did Jesus sue to hold those closest to Him together and point to goal? I was intrigued. Why is Jesus considered to be a […]
Servant Leadership Within the servant leadership process are key principles that are vital to successful outcomes (Northouse, 2016). Three principles that I will focus on in this post are putting followers first, helping followers grow and succeed and conceptualizing. Putting followers first, this first behaviour is at the heart of servant leadership (Northouse, 2016) and […]
The Emerging Leader gets Assigned Leadership can be perceived in a couple of ways. There are those who are appointed as leaders within an organization because of their formal position or title, and then there are emerging leaders, people whose influence within a group or organization causes others to perceive them as leaders (Northouse, 2016). […]
