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 […]
A reflection on Ten Characteristics of Effective, Caring Leaders: By Larry C. Spears Servant leadership seeks to involve others in decision making, which is strongly based on ethical and caring behavior, and enhances the growth of workers while…
Blog Post 1 I wholeheartedly agree with Christina’s opinion and experience that there is a huge difference between leaders and managers. I’ve read frequently that leaders know where to go and managers know how to get there. Also, that leaders know what needs to be done and managers know how to do it. As for …
Jessica articulated the definition of leadership effectively and related it to the powerful opportunities that we have everyday to influence others. I valued how she built her response by relating it to her past experiences with good leadership and contrasting it with power-driven leaders. When she points out her personal experience, it made me think …
I was impacted by Jgarland’s post about Dr. Ken Blanchard. Jgarland briefly summarizes Blanchard’s main points on how leaders build trust amongst followers. Blanchard’s work is a reminder that simple actions such as listening, praising others, and being punctual, all have an impact on trust. These are behaviours that we engage in every day but, …
Follow the Leader Great choice in Carey Nieuwhof as a leader to follow. He would definitely fit in the opinion leader category and you’ve outlined some of the impact of that style of leadership. I’ve heard Carey say that if he simply talked about what the Bible says about leadership or 10 verses on being a …
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Assignment 1 – Follow The Leader I’m really grateful for Danielle Strickland’s voice and the opportunities she is receiving to speak on a national and global scale. Daniel, I agree 100% with your conclusion that male leaders like you and I need to change our mindset around what is possible through the voice, life and …
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Hi Matt, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed reading your article about the corporate activism of Rose Marcario, the CEO of Patagonia. I agree that society needs to shift it’s values of being a product-consumer to product-owner as far too many resources are wasted on producing clothing items to keep up with ever-changing fashion […]
Hai Christina! I have gone through your blog and you have so aptly put forth the description of what actually a servant leader does and expected as well. I strongly agree to the point which you have mentioned that at times leader leaders are taken negatively ,that’s so true because regardless of situation, meeting the ethics […]
Hai Christina, I really appreciate your effort that you made it in more legible about assigned and emergent leadership. In my point of view, as an emergent leader, she has to take leadership due to situational influences. Being a leader, she or he knows how to lead or guide her coworkers according to various situations. So definitely, what […]