Sirleaf was an open and conscientious leader, a mix of a servant leader and an adaptive leader. Putting herself second and her people first have been how Sirleaf has led, working seven days a week and around 14 hours a day for her actions. Shows her people what courage and strength, and sacrifice is like. She chooses to return to Liberia even though she could have stayed in the USA working for the world bank. Instead she is lifting her people up to be better. She used her leadership to push her people to start believing in themselves and moving forward. She inspired her people, creating this vision of a better Liberia of women having a voice. Sirleaf showed Spears 10 characteristics of servant leadership. As a servant leader, she listens to those around her, she listens to the women who were protesting. She even went to West Point during the Ebola crisis and listened to the people problems. Showing her empathy, by wanting to help the workers at Firestone and even though she could not acquire better wages, she accomplishes receiving better working conditions and housing. Healing is the trait hardest to put on Sirleaf, but she did heal her community and began to heal woman 's relationship and the people 's trust in government. Awareness, she knew the problems she needed to fix and she worked to fix them. She also knew the country needed help, but too much help would create distrust so she discovered a balance. She was persuasive, convincing the United States to help during
Introduction The book I am going to critique is “Cross-Cultural Servanthood: Serving the World in Christlike Humility. The author is Duane H. Elmer (Ph.D., Michigan State U.) who is director of the Ph.D. program in educational studies and is the G. W. Aldeen Chair of International Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Elmer starts the book by saying that Servanthood can be a burden and challenging. It is so true because just encountering people anytime can be overwhelming, but to tackle them in another culture is even more stressful to many.
Hi Erick, This servant leader is about the nicest inspired motivation, and I agree that one should never expect payment for doing a good job. The rewards are being able to help others and in return is job satisfaction. I tell myself this every day when I walk into my unit. The servant leader ultimately creates a caring world, and it showed by inspiring you to pursue a degree.
The basic principle of servant leadership is serving others and the community. The three principles of the servant-leadership are sharing the power, putting the needs of others first and helping people achieve their highest potential so that they may want to serve others. This creates an environment of trust, collaboration, teamwork and group improvement. Robert Greenleaf created the term, Servant Leader, and creating the idea of leading by serving with individuals and organizations. In one of his major essay’s, The Institution as Servant, Greenleaf (as cited in “What is Servant Leadership,” n.d.) expressed what was frequently called the “credo.”
While watching the movie Remember the Titans, one cannot help but notice many different leadership styles. There are examples of servant leadership and non-examples of servant leadership. Some of the different coach's techniques were effective, yet others were ineffective. This paper will take a close look at the assorted styles of leadership found throughout the film. It will also shed some light on what styles worked and which could have been more effective.
In the beginning of EMS the most dominant style of leadership was based on a transactional approach,rewarding those individuals that follow procedures with positive incentives and reprimanding those that do not with reprimands. However,times are rapidly changing and the servant style of leadership is quickly becoming more acceptable and recognized throughout the industry. The field of EMS is unique, sometimes posing unconventional issues that must be addressed, in addition to those that occur on a daily basis. The servant style of leadership can become an effective and preferred method of leadership when applied in a balanced method. This style of leadership places the emphasis on nurturing the needs of the subordinate employees.
Its hard being a great leader, there were many leaders before us that we have to look up to and see what we have to do to do better than what they did. Qualities Leader possess to make things happen. Fredrick Douglass didn’t just wait around to see what would happen if he did this or if he did that. He took action to freeing all the slaves and writing a book about his life. Douglass wanted to change what he had grown up knowing his whole life.
Through volunteering, I realized successful leaders exhibit perseverance and are self-disciplined and that servant leadership is not a specific style or skill but rather, it is about (a leader’s) behavior and actions, that are adopted over the longer term. As a leader, it is important to understand the organizational mission, values and long-term vision, whether one is working for the organization or a volunteer of it, to effectively and whole-heartedly serve the organization. This experience showed me the areas in my leadership, where I can improve upon. I recognized the importance of listening to others and what a vital part it plays, in building strong and successful relationships. I also recognized, that I tend to want to nurture and care for others, and while that is important, it is also important to recognize when an individual may not welcome that and that is okay.
Servant Leadership during Natural Disasters Servant leadership is a leader who displays ethical and caring behaviors. These leaders seek to enhance the growth of others while improving quality of life. The two main constructs of this leadership are ethical behavior and concern for subordinates. The characteristics embodied in this are stewardship, foresight, conceptualization, persuasion, building community, listening, empathy, awareness, commitment to growth of people and healing.
She had to stay positive even through the hard times. Harriet knew the consequences if they were to get caught, but she still led the groups to freedom. When I think of a great leader I think of Harriet Tubman, she was positive and encouraging to her fellow slaves even through the hard times. Frederick Douglass was also an encouraging character in the abolitionist movement. Douglass had hope that he would one day become free, and he fulfilled his dream.
Servant leadership is not the only leadership theory that is compatible with the Christian worldview. Others Christian-compatible leadership principles include Transformational Leadership Theory. Northouse (2016) states transformational changes and transforms people. The theory concern with emotions, values, ethics, standards, and goals while assessing followers’ motives, satisfying followers’ needs, and treating members’ as full human beings. Leader-Member Exchange Theory (LMX).
As an activist for years, passionate about women’s rights, it would be hard not to describe a charismatic leader that fought for the rights of the minority. All those charismatic leaders like Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr. Mother Teresa, amongst others, are worth describing for their extraordinary characteristics for having a vision to change the state of those unable to stand up for their rights. “Transformational leadership involves an exceptional form of influence that moves followers to accomplish more than what is usually expected of them.
Martin Luther King Junior was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. His legal name at birth was Michael King. According to Carson & Lewis (2016), King came from a comfortable middle-class family steeped in the tradition of the Southern black ministry. King was a Baptist minister and activist who in the mid-1950s led the civil rights movement.
The qualities that define this leadership include; Perseverance, Ellen fought for women rights in her nation as an activist. Sacrifice, in an effort to ensure that her country regained peace, Sirleaf went into exile and worked in creating awareness of the insecurity, violence and chaos in her country. This effort achieved international recognition with most countries joining in the fight against the violence. Sirleaf can also be defined as an agent of change. This is a quality that makes her a successful leader.
K. (2016). Authenticity: Sustainable Benefits Beyond Performance. People & Strategy, 39(4), 47-49. . According to Article Abstracts (2015), a servant leader has characteristic valuing people, humanity, listening, trusting, caring, integrity, service and empowering others.
Over the last few weeks, leadership class has succeeded in getting me to think deeply about my life, who I really am and who I hope to be. This is good because it helps me put proper measures in place that will help me accomplish those goals. A servant leader, as we have discussed in class is one who is servant-first. His main aim is to serve his people and do what is best for the people around him, whether he is in a leadership position or not.