Servant Leadership
Week Five Essay: Servant Leader
Servant leadership is a very hard thing to accomplish sometimes due to the fact that it can be difficult to fully put others in front of our own needs or wants. “The reality is that we’re all self-serving to a degree because we come into this world with a self-serving heart……The journey of life is to move from a self-serving heart to a serving heart. You finally become an adult when you realize that life is about what you give rather than what you get,” (Kouzes and Posner, p.105). One way to become an effective servant leader is to watch and learn from other servant leaders. Another way is by learning from your own personal experiences with servant leaders. One of the first person that enabled me to act as a servant leader was my mom and dad. My mom and dad have different servant leadership qualities. I have absorbed their qualities over the years by the example that they set for my sister and I growing up. I think that for my family these are qualities that have been passed down through several generations for both on my mom’s side of the family as well as my dad’s side. “The core of any family is what is changeless, what is always going to be there—shared vision and values,” (Covey, 2004, p. 138). When it comes to my dad, he has always had a Win/Win attitude. “The principle of Win/Win is fundamental to success in all our interactions, and embraces five interdependent dimensions of life. It begins with character and moves toward relationships, out of which flow agreements. It is nurtured in an environment where structure and systems are based on Win/Win,” (Covey, 2004, p.216). My dad has a very strong character and he is content with his life. I believe that he has all of the three character traits that are described in the book, ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,’ by Stephen Covey. He has integrity, maturity, and abundance mentality. I think that in every situation my dad has shown these
Servant leadership is a very hard thing to accomplish sometimes due to the fact that it can be difficult to fully put others in front of our own needs or wants. “The reality is that we’re all self-serving to a degree because we come into this world with a self-serving heart……The journey of life is to move from a self-serving heart to a serving heart. You finally become an adult when you realize that life is about what you give rather than what you get,” (Kouzes and Posner, p.105). One way to become an effective servant leader is to watch and learn from other servant leaders. Another way is by learning from your own personal experiences with servant leaders. One of the first person that enabled me to act as a servant leader was my mom and dad. My mom and dad have different servant leadership qualities. I have absorbed their qualities over the years by the example that they set for my sister and I growing up. I think that for my family these are qualities that have been passed down through several generations for both on my mom’s side of the family as well as my dad’s side. “The core of any family is what is changeless, what is always going to be there—shared vision and values,” (Covey, 2004, p. 138). When it comes to my dad, he has always had a Win/Win attitude. “The principle of Win/Win is fundamental to success in all our interactions, and embraces five interdependent dimensions of life. It begins with character and moves toward relationships, out of which flow agreements. It is nurtured in an environment where structure and systems are based on Win/Win,” (Covey, 2004, p.216). My dad has a very strong character and he is content with his life. I believe that he has all of the three character traits that are described in the book, ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,’ by Stephen Covey. He has integrity, maturity, and abundance mentality. I think that in every situation my dad has shown these