Monica Grace reflects honestly in her original post about how significant trials can cause a deeper faith, a strong foundation and an unshakeable spirit, ready to share God’s goodness with others. Her motivational story should inspire any leader to know… Continue Reading →
Response to B121 – Light from many Lamps Light From Many Lamps – Part 1 Throughout this exercise, I have seen how humility directly leads to confidence in leadership. Eddie Rickenbacker gives us another example of a leader who realized that he could not have success solely by operating within his own strengths and weaknesses. By […]
Response to Daneen85 Light from many Lamps #1 Light from Many Lamps Part # 1 Thanks, Daneen for sharing your insights on the powerful example of integrating courage, compassion and faith in leadership as observed in the life of William G. Farrow (Daneen85, 2018). As I read the story about Farrow I was also touched at his […]
Thank you JGarland for your “Light from Many Lamps” post on the reading in Part 2 on Abraham Lincoln (Watson, 1951, pp. 68-71). It was really well written and well referenced! I was struck by two things that JGarland pointed out about Lincoln through this post: His strong emotions/sensitivity, coupled with mental toughness. His humility, coupled with […]
I appreciated Jamie’s post reflecting on the importance of emotional intelligence in the life of a leader. Northouse (2016) lists empathy as a characteristic of servant leaders. In order to exhibit empathy, a certain amount of emotional intelligence is required… Continue Reading →
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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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 […]
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 […]
The results of the ‘Leadership Theory and Practice’ and ‘Style’ questionnaires I partook in didn’t reveal too much and confirmed what I mostly knew about myself already. In terms of style, I’ve always preferred to lead based on relationship because I like to give people the freedom in the way they do tasks instead of […]