Light from many Lamps Jessica, your post on Henry Francis Lyte helped me remember that failure is much more common than we’d like to admit. More than that, failure is much more powerful than we would typically like when we the impression in the world around us is that success after success is what we …
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Light from Many Lamps post 1 “I triumph still if thou abide with me”-Henry Francis Lyte Henry Francis’s Lye story resonated strongly with me. The history of the hymn and it’s worldwide impact is proof that you can lead from […]
Monica, thank you for your for your very vulnerable post regarding your personal leadership growth through the mechanism of suffering. I, too, have had a similar experience in that during my first year of senior leadership, I not only had […]
The survey’s provided information that I didn’t expect. I think it is always eye-opening to hear how you are perceived and interpreted by others. I never thought of myself as someone possessing leadership qualities. In doing this activity and receiving […]
My experience has been that skill development among pastors is typically presented as leadership theory, budget management and organizational development. Kathleen A. Cahalan’s article Integrative Knowing and Practical Wisdom (2017) presents instead the reminder that pastors are practitioners who must grow toward practical wisdom. Cahalan’s central question is presented at the end of her introduction …
In “Toward a Creative Criticality- Revisiting Critical Thinking”, Cooper (2018) articulates four main ideas: Creative criticality is the idea that critical thinking, the ability to analyze and evaluate new ideas, and creativity, the ability to produce new content and innovative… Continue Reading →
Daneen, I appreciated your perspective on this story of leadership in the midst of personal sacrifice. One of the first leadership lessons you reference is that of courage. One thing I have been wrestling with in my leadership journey is that […]
Happy Thanksgiving — and welcome to Unit 3! During this week we will be thinking critically about, well, critical thinking! Critical thinking is an essential part of graduate education — as you move forward on the journey of thinking like a scholar. You will continue to be challenged to read, think, and write critically throughout each of the […]
When I read your post, I could immediately relate to it because I also scored equally strongly on human and technical skills, and less so on conceptual skills. Unlike you however, I had a very limited view of leadership prior to this course and felt that my weak conceptual skills prevented me from being an …
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I really appreciated the sentiments expressed in your post. To me, your argument showed that you seek to demonstrate strong moral behaviour towards your followers, which is a characteristic of a Servant Leader (Northouse, 2016, p. 226). I think this challenge is faced by many visionaries who set high expectations for themselves and others. The …
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