Assignment: Servant Leadership

Assignment: Servant Leadership
Assignment: Servant Leadership
Unit 7
A.
In the Topic Materials you read several examples of ways that servant leadership can be displayed through true volunteerism and acts of service to others. Research an historic or current servant leader who is a true volunteer in service to others. In what ways does the person inspire leadership while building his or her own character and integrity? How does this leader exemplify the moral obligation to lead through kindness, compassion, and justice?
B.
Share the servant leadership volunteer opportunity you are completing. Discuss how you think this experience will help you develop your own character and give you experience in leading through exhibiting kindness, compassion, and justice.
RESOURCES
2. When Servant Becomes Leader: The Corazon C. Aquino Success Story as a Beacon for Business Leaders
Read “When Servant Becomes Leader: The Corazon C. Aquino Success Story as a Beacon for Business Leaders,” by Udani and Lorenzo-Molo, from Journal of Business Ethics (2013).
Unit 8
A.
Now that you have participated in your servant leadership opportunity, discuss how the experience affected your understanding of how through serving others one actually leads. Support your ideas with specific examples from your volunteer experience.
B.
Watch the video “Servant Leadership – Joe Schmitt.” Discuss why this is a good example of leadership through acts of service in terms of the way the actions of the leader demonstrate integrity and personal character building while also establishing followership and pushing others to grow professionally through emulating his actions. Discuss how this example embraces both Greenleaf’s principles of servant leadership and the call to service evident in Christianity.
RESOURCES
Electronic Resource
1. Drew Dudley “Everyday Leadership” – TED Talks
View “Drew Dudley ‘Everyday Leadership’ – TED Talks,” located on the YouTube website (2013).
2. Servant Leadership – Joe Schmitt
View “Servant Leadership – Joe Schmitt” located on the YouTube website (2014).