“my identity as a person shouldn’t be defined by a single goal”. I think that was well said in your Light from Many Lamps II post. When I was younger, my identify was tied to many goals that I had set for myself. Unfortunately many of my goals were not realized and I underwent a …
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papagena163’s post raised a good point about servant-leaders needing to heal themselves as well as their followers. As I was reading, I was reminded of a post by Dawn that I had previously read. I reflected on the fact that it is easy to serve others when they appreciate your efforts, but it is much more difficult to …
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Georgeena, In response to the question in your post about whether I have seen a shift from traditional leadership to servant leadership in my field, I would say yes. As financial constraints have increased and resources have become less and less available over the years, I have indeed seen more of a shift towards servant …
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When coordinating a group project in an organization, team leaders should function according to the Diamond Model for Practicing Servant-Leadership by Page & Wong (2000) and rotate between the roles of leader, team member, and servant. According to the model, the team leader first stands in the role of leader to communicate a clear, elevating …
Two critical functions of team effectiveness are performance (being able to accomplish high-quality tasks) and development (being able to work effectively and stay cohesive) (Northouse, 2016). Larson and Lafasto’s eight characteristics of excellent teams (as cited in Northouse, 2016, p. 369) are: a clear, elevating goal, results-driven structure, competent team members, unified commitment, collaborative climate, …
Spears (2010) outlines ten characteristics of servant leaders in his article and I would like to highlight three of those ten and discuss how they transfer into actions when coordinating a group project. The three characteristics I will be discussing are: listening, persuasion and commitment to the growth of people (Spears, 2010, pp. 27-29). Listening […]
Daniel, in your blog post you talked about a situation with your church where your board was not supportive of you and your wife in your leadership when you started at the church you currently pastor at, and where you… Continue Reading →
Even though the fruits born out of a servant leadership approach can vary depending upon one’s perspective, the root of servant leadership remains the same – “the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first” (Northouse, 2016, p. 226). Having said that, the style and implementation methods in which a servant leader selects …
In his post about Servant Leadership, Norm posed a question about the practical ways a servant leader can balance the long-term goals with the day-to-day processes. In my experience, I have found that knowing how the day-to-day processes tie into… Continue Reading →
When a team leader is coordinating a group project they should make sure that they clearly articulate the project goal “so that one can tell whether the performance objective has been realized” (Northouse, 2016, p. 368). When they are articulating… Continue Reading →