For this activity, I had an insightful conversation with Jason about his personal values and his methods to track and improve the preformance of his employees, both in his roles as an IT administrator and as a senior pastor for different organizations in Jamaica. Jason stressed that his reasons for taking this program is to […]
From my conversation with Erica, I learned she is a committed, dedicated teacher who cares deeply for students with developmental disabilities and particularly those who struggle with reading. Erica has operated as a servant leader in different situations without even knowing what that meant. Erica’s passion for helping students succeed is clear and even from a …
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Please see the original post here. Dawn, first let me say, thank you so much for your post and for your words. I really like how you linked Hamlet and authentic leadership together. Not being an avid reader of Shakespeare, except in High School, I was sucked in by your knowledge of the test as …
Regardless of whether you’re a business owner, employer, or in my case, a pastor, the continued development of employees, volunteers, staff, and oneself is always essential. Through having a vision and a mission, a church staff can ensure that not only the staff are on board with creating innovative ways to use technology to share …
Norm did an excellent job articulating an employee development plan for his manufacturing company. He briefly defined what a hybrid organization entails and then discussed how it encourages creativity and innovation while building trust and citizenship behaviours amongst employees. More specifically, the strong link between trust leading to innovation. I thought it was interesting to …
In my role of managing and supporting tenants living in social housing buildings for the City of Vancouver, I would like to define what a service-oriented culture would look like in my workplace followed with some recommendations that could help my organization embody this culture. In my organization, a service-oriented culture would be one where […]
I found Dawn’s post to be very insightful with regards to her experiences related to Andragogy. Dawn has first-handed experience in working with adult learners and how the 6 concepts of Andragogy effect learning. Whether in a Masters program or teaching adults in a professional setting, evidently the 6 components need to be implemented to …
As the course work got underway in September and I began this journey to understand leadership in a deeper way, I began to notice that something significant had changed since I completed my formal teacher training 18 years ago, I… Continue Reading →
When I read Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, there are so many leadership lessons to be learned. Though Hamlet himself was a dismal failure as a leader, his story illustrates many valuable life lessons and leadership concepts. One such concept is contained […]
Sarah, I enjoyed your articulation of the valuable leadership lessons that Confucius gives us as well as your application of them in your daily life. I particularly like how you use the main philosophical principle of “what you do not… Continue Reading →