Moon is an ambitious, well-intentioned lady who describes herself as a servant leader with a mission to help both her colleagues and clients develop to their full capacity. In the past year, she left her previous job where she held a mid-level management position in a non-profit organization, for a lesser role as a support […]
How can you personally do your part to understand the ethical choices before you? What potential biases or blind spots might you have for not recognizing when ethical choices are before you and/or how might you avoid choices? In your leadership, how can you exhibit transformational servant leadership in helping others recognize and make ethical […]
Please review the presentation on ethical decision-making frameworks/formats and chapter 6 of Johnson’s book (Kidder’s ethical checkpoints, Nash’s 12 questions, Lonergan/Baird method & Foursquare Protocol). As you think about the overviews of the various ethical frameworks/formats we have considered in this course, what observations would you make (do not write this part out)? Evaluate each of these frameworks for […]
Learners in MA Lead come from diverse geographic, cultural and faith bases. For those who are not familiar with Proverbs, you may respond to the DQ topic 5.3 as it is posted below,or select an alternate passage of text that addresses the essence of wisdom from any religious or literary perspective. Please analyze & discuss the passage about […]
“If there exists a good and wise God, then there also exists a progress of mankind towards perfection.” – Plato Plato’s quote perfectly summarizes the direction mankind strives to move forward and outlines our relationship with the infinite, the unknown, with religion, and ultimately with God. It’s in our very nature to try and understand […]
“Change yourself, change the world.” – Buddha This quote from Buddha, used by Buddhist monk Ricard (2010), represents a shift in the understanding of leadership where in order for leaders to impact others, he/she must first change themselves. Referring back to the first chapter of Northouse’s (2016, p. 6) ‘Leadership’ textbook, he defines leadership as […]
Golden Glimmering Dragon of Light On the day of a solar eclipse, in the year 1758, the island of Vanlola appeared in a near mortal state. It had become a wasteland from all the destruction caused by the warring tribes. The land was reduced to nothingness, overshadowed by dark, grey skies. On that day, […]
Hi Hiromi, Thank you for bringing up such a relevant topic to discuss with today’s current events! I’m with you on your quote where you state that typical barriers to government innovation are caused by “labour costs, a larger pension obligation, and most of all, their culture which is slow to change” (as cited in […]
As a society, we’ve made significant advances regarding racism or sexism where it’s no longer tolerated within public or private spheres. Although we’ve been taught sexism should not be tolerated and that everyone should be treated fairly regardless of sex or gender, this still isn’t always the case. It’s human nature to develop biases towards […]
For me personally, I can relate well to this quote by Marquis de Condorcet as I’ve noticed that whenever I achieve a goal or obtain a desired item, my contentment for it lingers only briefly before looking towards the next venture. My transfixion towards future enterprises is like an insatiable hunger at times in that […]
