Osvaldo Santos April 16‚ 2012 The Challenge of Being a Servant Leader "Good leaders must first become good servants." Robert Greenleaf Servant leadership is an old concept. Two thousand years ago‚ servant leadership was central to the philosophy of Jesus‚ who exemplified the fully committed and effective servant leader. Mahatma Gandhi‚ Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Nelson Mandela are more recent examples of leaders who have exemplified this philosophy. The term servant-leadership was first coined
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discussed around the concept of “why do we educate people?” The question was then asked‚ “Is education a tool used by society to mould children?” The group gravitated toward the word “mould” when describing education. This was aroused by theorist John Locke’s idea that education is something that is “done to” children. (Johnson & Reed‚ 2008) The group sought the definition of this word‚ which by the Oxford Universities dictionary is defined as “influence the formation or development of”. (Oxford
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Speaking at Work and in Groups Final Reflection In my current position‚ as a house supervisor‚ I work with five other nurses to provide 24 hour coverage within our facility. As a group‚ we all have varying degrees of experience and range in age from the youngest member‚ in her mid-20s‚ to our oldest member who is 64 years old. Working within this multigenerational group has led to some difficulties in communication and expectations among members as I will expand upon further. One particular problem
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For our smaller small group challenge we were given a team building activity to help us develop our group cohesion‚ communication and leadership qualities. Our task was that we had to create an innovative product that students want or need‚ using at least five items amongst a variety of miscellaneous items given by the group that created the task. Once we created our product we had to come up with a name and a description of it. Once that was done we had to figure out a marketing scheme‚ either an
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thing to do for me. Right when we came back we were split into homecoming committees‚ ultimately meaning I would have to work on the project entirely outside of class on top of trying to balance classes‚ work‚ National Honor Society‚ being a football trainer‚ and being a homecoming chairperson. Just the simple thought of this stressed me out‚ and at some points I thought I wouldn’t be able to take this all on by myself‚ it was a lot to try to balance at one time and would take a lot of self motivation
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I facilitate groups at my internship Andover Subacute and Rehab Center. The individuals in the groups are ex-alcoholics and drug abusers. Around 6-10 people usually attend the groups‚ we discuss different topics that have to do with their recovery and the process they took. Due to HIPAA‚ I was not able to record the clients‚ so I will be using my process recordings. A majority of the group members are of old age‚ so listening is a very good quality that I have. It is hard for me to understand many
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Thus far‚ over the course of the past several weeks we have discussed four important topics regarding the subject of group therapy. We have reviewed Holistic Treatment‚ Therapeutic Factors‚ problematic clients and group norms. In conjunction with our discourse each student was asked to attend‚ observe‚ and reflect on the skills that were demonstrated during a meeting. This brief overview of the observations made while visiting the New Day AA Club will address the four topics that have been reviewed
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Section 2 There are many positives and negatives of being a leader. A lot of it depends on your leadership style and how you communicate with your group. The biggest positive is probably that you are being inspirational to others. This is a great feeling knowing that people you have never met or maybe even people that live on the other side of the world might be reading about you or researching you and looking up to you‚ maybe even doing school assignments on you. This means that you can have great
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of a group than to be the leader of a group. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. I personally disagree with the statement that it is better to be a member of a group than a leader. It is true that being a member is certainly much more comfortable‚ as you have less responsibility‚ and you are not the one who makes the final decisions. Also‚ some people may be too shy‚ too reserved or not charismatic enough to become a leader. However‚ in my opinion‚ a leader is a
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drill manager and attended weekly student leader meetings and I am an officer for my school chorus. The biggest issue we tackled at the student leader meeting was effective leading. My section leader was often absent‚ and as the only other student leader from my section‚ I took on his role when he wasn’t there. I lead very actively and found it was a great success. Students from other sections often came to me when they had questions instead of their own leaders because I gave them direct answers or
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