John Maxwell passionately describes the process a leader must go through to be successful. This process involves the leader being actively involved with the people they are leading. From the hiring process, through vision casting, working shoulder to shoulder through… Continue Reading →
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 Awareness The term servant leadership almost seems like an oxymoron, but this model of leadership is gaining popularity as people from Colleen Barrett, former president of Southwest Airlines has shown its effectiveness (knowledgeatwharton, 2008). “Servant leaders put followers first, empower them and help them develop their full personal capacities” (Northouse, 2016, p. 225). […]
Servant leadership is an approach that requires leaders to put the needs and concerns of their followers first. Servant leadership is a behavior where leaders are “attentive to the concerns of their followers, empathize with them, and nurture them” (Northouse, 2018, p. 227). Servant leaders empower their followers and assist with their personal development (Northouse, … Continue reading Unit 4: Learning Activity 2
Emotional intelligence is “. . . the ability to perceive and express emotions, to use emotions to facilitate thinking, to understand reason with emotions and to effectively manage emotions within oneself in relationship with others” (Northouse, 2019, pg. 28). “Self-awareness” refers to the personal insights of the leader (Northouse, 2019, pg. 202). In a chapter …
Hi Hiromi, Thank you for your summary of Bondi’s book of articles. I was intimidated to try that choice myself. I appreciate the way that you have summarized and highlighted some tenants of developing professional wisdom. I specifically like the idea… Continue Reading →
For this assignment I chose to source my own article. Laura M. Harrison wrote Transformational Leadership, Integrity, and Power (Harrison, 2011). Harrison argues that some of the thinking around transformational leadership is too altruistic because it does not recognize the… Continue Reading →
#1 – The most important outcome of education is to develop critical thinking skills Critical thinking, according to Heft & Scharff (2017) is the ability to improve the quality of ones thinking by methodically evaluating and reconstructing it. “Critical thinking is self-directed, self-disciplined, self- monitored and self-corrective thinking ” (Heft & Scharff, 2017, p. 50). This … Continue reading Learning Activity 2
Hello Monica As we age, it seems that these “processes” of development throughout our lives often manifest in usual and familiar patterns. Your well-articulated post revealed a few important things relating to these patterns, especially as it relates to this “practical wisdom” you had mentioned. These stages of development seem to comfortably align with Psychologist Bruce …
Response to Norm Benge – Rank, Think, Write Wow! Thank you for your great critique of my post. You asked: “… what mechanism [would the] employer use to teach and mentor employees to think for themselves while also upholding business standards?” For instance, my business is in manufacturing so we are always developing new products and …