NGR6725 Leadership In Nursing Administration
Question:
1.Summarize your servant leadership volunteer opportunity by sharing the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the experience.
2.Which of Greenleaf’s principles of servant leadership did you implement and learn the most about through completing the servant leadership experience? Provide examples in your discussion.
3.Both Greenleaf and the biblical passages referenced in the various Topic Materials focus on the idea that power comes from giving it away and that taking the role of a servant can make one a leader. Discuss whether or not your servant leadership volunteer opportunity helped you to find yourself as a leader in this way. Provide supporting examples.
4.Use examples from your servant leadership volunteer opportunity to discuss the idea that serving others as a leader might influence change or produce a positive impact for the greater good.
5.Think about your personal leadership skills and style and discuss what your learned about yourself as a servant leader from completing the volunteer opportunity.
6.Looking forward, how will you use what you have learned about the principles of servant leadership in your workplace, organizations with which you are involved, and in your personal life?
Answer:
Introduction:
Traditional, hierarchical and autocratic models of leadership are giving rise to new leadership models in the modern leadership (Wong & Davey, 2007). This revolution tends to concurrently improve the personal development of those people being led and the leaders consequently increasing the value and care of an institute through coordination and collaboration. Individual participation in decision-making and moral and compassionate actions have also been cited as part of the integral components of fostering servant leadership. My volunteer session with Stafford Area Malayalee Association last summer made me realize that servant leadership can be instrumental in uplifting the community invaluably.
Servant leadership research has become a principle approach to leadership and service within these models. Servant leadership stresses on humility and moral use of power, being honest among associate leaders and followers, and also building a supportive and a positive work surrounding (Wong & Davey, 2007). Lots of families in Harvey in Stafford, Houston, and Sugarland in Texas had lost their belongings and therefore needed help to meet basic needs. Part of my duties as a volunteer at Stafford Area Malayalee Association included helping to fix damaged houses, cleaning up and helping victims applying for FEMA. According to the SPHERE Standards, victims should not receive substandard simply because there is a disadvantage (Griekspoor & Collins, 2001). Following these guidelines, I served the victims of the hurricane with great humility and servant leadership.
Principles of Servant Leadership
Greenleaf explains that a servant leader is a person who is naturally inclined to serve first and then chose to be a leader for the because of their convincing desire to serve. As a volunteer with Stafford Area Malayalee Association, I found that applying the principles that govern servant leadership as seen by L. Spears was paramount to the successful delivery of acceptable services.
The principle of listening requires that servant leaders serving at Stafford Area Malayalee Association support develop an intense obligation to listen attentively to others. Volunteer servant leaders look forward to identifying and explaining the wishes of the group. Under the guidance of this principle, I listened openly to what that the others said and observed what was being done. Understanding is a critical element of dispensing servant leadership. Guided the principle of understanding, I endeavored to understand the victims of the hurricane each day. According to Wong and Davey (2007), people should learn to accept and appreciate others for their extraordinary and particular unusual spirit. While volunteering at Stafford Area Malayalee Association, I found that appreciating and understanding each’s viewpoint contributable immensely to the execution of the daily duties.
Healing is another major principle that supports servant leadership. It is one of the crucial parts of volunteer servant leadership that Stafford Area Malayalee Association management encourages among its volunteers. It promotes the ability and capability for the victims to heal during emergencies as well as other people around the world. Healing is one of the most important principles that I found most appealing during my tenure as a volunteer.
I found that General attentiveness; especially where one is aware of themselves, strengthens the servant leadership skills. In this case, I found that volunteer servant leaders need to be more focused and observant. It makes it possible for them to a have a holistic understanding of the needs and requirements of the people in they serve (Nordbye & Irving, 2017). Attentiveness correlates well with the principle of persuasiveness. It makes it possible for servant leaders to apply convincing tactics rather than positional authority in decision implementation. Convincing others is what servant leaders seek to achieve. A servant leader is efficient in developing an agreement among individuals or groups. It is vital for a leader to be creative and visionary. Guided by this principle, I served the populace with creativity each day (Panaccio et al., 2015; Parris & Peachey, 2013). I always aspired to go beyond the ordinary daily routines and always searched for a good and fair equilibrium between the vision of individuals and the entire group.
Taking the Role of the Servant to Become a Leader
As a volunteer, I noticed that it is crucial for leaders to the role of servant to sustain servant leadership. I became a servant when attending the victims of the hurricane. Cleaning up, preparing food giving first aid services for the injured people needed a servant-like attitude. This was instrumental in learning to cope up with the new surroundings to encourage victims to do the same (Barbuto and Wheeler, 2006). Leaders who reduce themselves to servants make it for people to approach them with issues facing them. On a daily basis, I interacted with the victims. We learned together on how to approach daily challenges thereby sowing seeds of the program sustainability.
Influencing Change or Positive Impact for the Greater Good
Humility and excellence are great virtues that can influence change in people being served (Panaccio et al., 2015). With a clear understanding of these virtues, I treated each victim with dignity with a view of creating positive change. Helping the victims rebuild their homes and restart their livelihoods was truly gratifying. Protecting of livelihoods meant safeguarding the greater good of the victims. It meant getting them to depend on themselves in the future.
Personal Leadership Skills and Style
I have always understood that to effectively lead other people effectively; it is vital to be able to manage oneself. With this in mind, I purposed each day to understand how to interact with others in different situations. I also took responsibility of each of my actions every day. This helped build trust with victims. It made it easier for them to open up more in personal discussing problems.
Future Application of the Principles of Servant Leadership
Our team leader always emphasized that we learn from past lessons. During the first few weeks, I found him obnoxious as bragged about past experiences. However, as weeks went by, I can to understand that past lessons make it easier for servant leaders to avoid making the same mistakes over and over again. This enabled to understand lessons obtained in the past, present experiences and outcome of our choices. I appreciated the fact that whatever we did at the time would automatically affect the future.
References
Barbuto Jr, J. E., & Wheeler, D. W. (2006). Scale development and construct clarification of servant leadership. Group & Organization Management, 31(3), 300-326.
Griekspoor, A., & Collins, S. (2001). Raising standards in emergency relief: how useful are Sphere minimum standards for humanitarian assistance?. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 323(7315), 740.
John P. Vic. (2007). Servant Leadership Provides a Pastoral Leader with the Most Biblically Correct and Productive Philosophy for Leading Volunteer-Based Organizations, (master?s thesis, Mountain State University)
Nordbye, V. C., & Irving, J. A. (2017). Servant Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness: Examining Leadership Culture among Millennials within a US National Campus Ministry. Servant Leadership, 53.
Panaccio, A., Henderson, D. J., Liden, R. C., Wayne, S. J., & Cao, X. (2015). Toward an understanding of when and why servant leadership accounts for employee extra-role behaviors. Journal of Business and Psychology, 30(4), 657-675.
Parris, D. L., & Peachey, J. W. (2013). A systematic literature review of servant leadership theory in organizational contexts. Journal of business ethics, 113(3), 377-393.
Wong, P., & Davey, D. (2007). Best practices in servant leadership. Servant leadership research roundtable July 2007.
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