I cannot believe this is the last learning activity. This course was a big challenge for me. When I started, I even did not know the definition of leadership. Each topics every week were new and exciting to learn. If I could only pick two of them which attracted me the most ,\u00a0 I would pick servant leadership and critical thinking.<\/p>\n
Servant leadership studied by Greenleaf challenges the traditional leadership style and emphasizes the leaders serves followers the first(Northouse, 2019). I did not know any types of leadership before except transactional leadership and\u00a0thought leadership came from personal traits and only certain charisma people who have special traits can be leaders and I was not one. However, studying servant\u00a0 leadership opened a door for me to the idea which everyone can be a leader. The ten traits which Spears developed following Greenleaf’s concept of servant leadership also gave me some concrete vision of what are my strength and what are my weakness and how to pursue my leadership style, too.<\/p>\n
Another impact for me from this course is critical thinking. Though I have already done post graduate education in medicine in Japan, it was very different from this course. In the science field, we have the same only one answer and when I research we pursue an absolute fact.\u00a0 Learning of the skill of critical thinking reminds me that we always have to think positively not passively awaring our own bias, even though we think it is our own idea. It is\u00a0 a big challenge for me every week that writing my idea based on my learning and backed up with other scholars’ ideas through scholastic articles.<\/p>\n
Alongside this course, I am impressed with technology development and power of team learning. A lot of assignments and new environment sometimes worn me out. However, the existence of the professor and the classmates who even we did not meet each other support me and encourage me. I appreciate all the environment and support I was given.<\/p>\n
\nOut of the night that covers me,
\nBlack as the pit from pole to pole,<\/em>
\nI thank whatever gods may be
\nFor my unconquerable soul.
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\nI am the master of my fate:
\nI am the captain of my soul<\/p>\nBy William Ernest Henley (Cited by Watson, 1951)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
References<\/p>\n
Northouse, P. (2019). Leadership: Theory and practice<\/em> (8th ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications<\/p>\n
Watson, L. E. (1951). Light from Many Lamps.<\/em> New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, Inc.<\/p>\n
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I cannot believe this is the last learning activity. This course was a big challenge for me. When I started, I even did not know the definition of leadership. Each topics every week were new and exciting to learn. If I could only pick two of them which attracted me the most ,\u00a0 I would … <\/p>\n