In her blog post, Monica Grace discusses the balance of management and leadership. She raises some discussion around whether these two roles should be separated between two different people. Grace asks “In your context, do you think there should be… Continue Reading →
Response to Matt’s Post 1 One of my favourite books is Lead Like Jesus (2016) by Blanchard, Hodges and Hendry so when Matt ended his post by asking what one measure did Jesus sue to hold those closest to Him together and point to goal? I was intrigued. Why is Jesus considered to be a […]
Servant Leadership Within the servant leadership process are key principles that are vital to successful outcomes (Northouse, 2016). Three principles that I will focus on in this post are putting followers first, helping followers grow and succeed and conceptualizing. Putting followers first, this first behaviour is at the heart of servant leadership (Northouse, 2016) and […]
The Emerging Leader gets Assigned Leadership can be perceived in a couple of ways. There are those who are appointed as leaders within an organization because of their formal position or title, and then there are emerging leaders, people whose influence within a group or organization causes others to perceive them as leaders (Northouse, 2016). […]
Assignment 5-Servant Leadership Hi Monica, I love your post and the three principles you chose to highlight. I agree that persuasion can be a very difficult skill to consistently practice, especially because of the amount of time and consistent dedication it takes. You asked the question, “In your experience, what were some barriers that hindered … Continue reading Response to Monica Grace: Assignment 5 – Servant Leadership
I completely agree with some of your comments in your post. Like you, I was surprised to discover that Northouse views leadership as a process that can be learned, rather than a set of special characteristics or a particular manner of behaviour. In fact, I avoided pursuing post-graduate studies in leadership for many years because …
Continue reading “Response to Hiromi Hasegawa – The Definition of Leadership”
https://www.facebook.com/JohnCMaxwell/ Follow the Leader I became familiar with John Maxwell’s work as a teenager. Growing up in the church I had the privilege to be around leaders who required us to read wide and to engage in leadership development. Each leader brought different things to the table, but somehow John Maxwell won me […]
Thank you for raising the interesting question at the end of your post: Do you think it’s rare for someone in an assigned leadership role to take both a management and leadership approach? Which approach do you think more assigned leaders tend to practice? In small organizations where people where many hats I do think …
Continue reading “Response to sjasmins Learning Activity 4, Blog post 2”
I have been impacted by George Couros’ work on Innovative learning. He is an author and educational speaker, and his book, “The Innovator’s Mindset; Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity” was compelling. I attended one of […]
B121 posed the question “Are there other, or better, ways for a leader to gain genuine influence than servant leadership?”. I do believe there are many ways a leader can gain genuine influence other than servant leadership. Northouse (2018) talked about how influence “emerges over a period through communication” (p. 8). Northouse (2018) also discussed … Continue reading Response to B121 Learning Activity 3: Blog Post 1