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A journey towards new type of leadership
As an educator and administrator, I have worked many years with adult learners related to professional development. In teaching, professional development is highly valued, and I have not only attended many workshops myself, but have also led events for adult […]
I appreciated reading dizzybutterfly’s perspective on the story of A.J. Cronin and his struggle and frustration with writing a book. I occurred to me that often our greatest struggle as leaders is that which we have with ourselves. I find […]
Christina, I enjoyed reading your reflections on Arnold Bennett’s writings compelling us to be wise in how we spend our twenty four hours each day. I, too, had been impacted by his writings and felt like I needed to re-evaluate […]
In his article, Character and Servant Leadership: Ten Characteristics of Effective,Caring Leaders (2010), Spears highlights characteristics of a group leader that focus mainly on interpersonal skills. The implication is that in order to achieve success with a task, the team […]
Working in a team environment is a challenging, but very rewarding experience. It takes time to establish a solid team and develop the necessary relationships to enable it to function at its capacity. When working with or leading a team […]
The Power of Healing – Invictus When I read William Henley’s poem, Invictus, I was struck with his indomitable spirit and inspiring perspective on the challenges he had faced. Through multiple operations and an amputation of his foot due to […]
Servant Leadership Precis Servant leadership is an altruistic approach to leadership which emphasizes follower development. A servant leader puts the needs of others before his/her own self interest and the priority is to serve others, ensuring all their needs are […]
Transformational Leadership Precis Northouse defines transformational leadership in its simplest form as “a process that changes and transforms people” (2019, pg. 163). There is strong evidence that transformational leadership is one of the most effective leadership models, as it relies […]
Norm, thank you for your review of Gino and Staats article, Developing Employees Who Think for Themselves (2015). It was an interesting perspective on employee productivity, creativity and independence. Regarding the shift in process, their article encourages employers to shift […]
B121, I appreciated your succinct summary of Cooper’s article (2018) describing the idea of “creative criticality”. Often we think of critical thinking and creativity as separate entities, but they are really dependent upon one another to flourish as a whole. […]