Hiromi is a wife, mother, student, and a retired chief plastic surgeon. Four years ago, Hiromi made the brave and selfless decision to leave her profession, move to Canada and focus on raising her children. While her husband is back in Japan working, Hiromi’s cares for her kids, one of which has ADHD, and is … Continue reading Unit 6 – Learning Activity 2
It was my pleasure to have a conversation this afternoon with Monica about her leadership journey. Monica leads a Christian ministry team working with over 70 students on Campus at SFU. She is very passionate about developing students as world… Continue Reading →
I had an hour-long conversation with “B.” She described to me how the times when she performed really well were circumstances when she had opportunity to critically evaluate leadership situations. She views that one of her main strengths is the ability to intuitively and quickly identify problems; most frequently people problems. At times, B is …
Characteristically similar when conceptualization servant leadership, having a conversation with another about their goals, interests and professional development must begin with an honest willingness to proportional engage the other via a 2:1 ratio – with two ears and one mouth. In the context of a coaching conversation, listening is key; however, I really like the …
One of the remarkable things about being part of a large organization, The Salvation Army, is that we have a performance appraisal system in place. We call it PEAC: Performance, Excellence, and Coaching. Another one of the great things is that I just had to have one with an employee, which means that I’m hoping …
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 the article for this activity, the Speers lists ten important characteristics of servant leaders (Spears, 2010, pgs. 27-28). Among these ten characteristics of a servant team leader, three that I value highly are: Listening, Awareness and Conceptualization. When coordinating a group project, a leader should at all times be listening to all conversations and ideas. …
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When coordinating a group project in an organization, there are many important actions the group leader should take to ensure team effectiveness. The first step starts with the construction of a competent team. Each member of the team needs to be competent in terms having the appropriate level of experience, support, education, training and intrapersonal … Continue reading Unit 5: Learning Activity 2
Team Servant Leaders None of us is as smart as all of us. Effective teams require members who rely on the abilities of other team members to accomplish their set goals (Northouse, 2016). The servant-leadership model is very effective with team leadership as it promotes, empowerment, community building, excellence and shared leadership (Page and Wong, […]
Spears identifies ten characteristics of servant leadership. Three of these, commitment to the growth of people, building community, and the ideas of stewardship are especially important to me (Spears, 2010). I have been in leadership for long enough at the… Continue Reading →