This was a paper I wrote sometime in 2018 for a class on servant leadership. Abstract The #MeToo movement has had a ripple effect across organizations, industries, and societies. Organizations have responded with policies and risk-management strategies based on a fear-driven mentality. Furthermore, this fear mentality has complicated how men and women interact inside and […]
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In the beginning, Greenleaf (2002) introduced the philosophy of servant leadership through Hesse’s protagonist, Leo the Servant. The story of Leo showed how one might function both as a servant and leader but with an intrinsic desire to serve first. This notion to serve first can also be viewed as antithetical to lead first; moreover,
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NOTE: This post comes from a paper I wrote in 2018 for a leadership class. Since 2016, visits to Ethiopia routinely came with notices that the country was under a State of Emergency, another protest was imminent, and the internet had once again been turned off. A common theme typically emerged in discussions about leadership
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This article came from a paper I wrote while pursuing my master’s degree in organizational leadership. Apart from adding some headings and correcting a few grammatical mistakes, I haven’t done much to revise it. As I recall, this paper followed the contents of Northouse’s Leadership: Theory and Practice textbook, which was required reading for the
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Several years ago, I was in Ethiopia with some colleagues. We were there to help facilitate conversations with indigenous church leaders about conflict and how they could be peacemakers in their local church and community. Towards the end of the week, my colleagues and I reflected on how churches – worldwide – struggle to healthily
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One of my children’s teachers sent an email outlining the lessons taught last week in class. They learned about leaders. The emphasis was that leaders would function as a fountain or a drain. As you can deduce, fountains overflow into the lives of others, whereas drains suck the energy from those around them. Fountains problem
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Today, I read some headlines regarding the whereabouts of the President this past weekend. Depending on the news source, he is either at Rehoboth Beach or he is at Rehoboth Beach while conflicts escalate. The later headlines care less about where he is and more about the timing of the vacation. Something similar happened with
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