The texts I selected were two web pages on The Foundation for Critical Thinking’s website: the pages entitled College and University students and Being a Critic of Your Own Thinking. I was really proud of myself for being able to summarize my notes into the following summary of key ideas in both articles. I found this to …
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Unlike the Roman-era power/leader-member exchange style of leadership as expressed through the Jewish Pharisees and Sadducees of His time, Jesus Christ flawlessly demonstrated how to capture and appeal to, hearts and minds when one looks for “what is right with people rather than emphasizing what is wrong with them” (Searle & Barbuto Jr., 2011, p. …
Servant Leadership Precis Servant leadership is an altruistic approach to leadership which emphasizes follower development. A servant leader puts the needs of others before his/her own self interest and the priority is to serve others, ensuring all their needs are […]
Origins Transformational leadership has its foundations in the concept of charismatic leadership, which is linked with the work of Max Weber in his description of the leader as a charismatic person (Weber, 1947). The concept of transformational leadership has origins in the writings of Burns (1978) and Bass (1985); others who built on the theory were Bennis and Nanus […]
Transformational Leadership Precis Northouse defines transformational leadership in its simplest form as “a process that changes and transforms people” (2019, pg. 163). There is strong evidence that transformational leadership is one of the most effective leadership models, as it relies […]
The excerpt from Light from Many Lamps on Arnold Bennet and his view of time was challenging, inspiring and very applicable to my leadership. The main lesson I took from this reading is: the value of time and that it can be used wisely and to its full potential (Watson, 1951, pp. 142-144). As a […]
Servant leadership prioritizes followers and their interests and development over that of the leader or the organization (Northouse, 2016). The term was first coined and written about by Robert K. Greenleaf (Northouse, 2016); he wrote, “it starts with the natural… Continue Reading →
The first leadership lesson in the story of Arnold Bennett in Light From Many Lamps is found in the vision he had for his own life of having “a brilliant and successful writing career” (Watson, 1951, p. 142). We are… Continue Reading →
Team leadership and the effectiveness of teams has been an area of focus for me since most of my leadership experience has been within the context of teams. Team leadership effectiveness can bring joy and pain to everyone involved! According to Northouse (2018), the two critical functions of team effectiveness are performance and development. Nadler …
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As we navigate the turns, barriers and junctions along the road of leadership, the more distant the old guideposts of traditional leadership appear in the rear-view mirror. Even more so beyond contemporary thought and theory, modern-day businesses and organizations are beginning to recognize the value in performance, and to the bottom-line, when working with leaders …