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Prompt: After completing the lecture and reading assignments, describe an effective leadership approach from a biblical perspective. Include the following: Describe core attributes. Describe style and approach. Distinguish from popular models in purpose and perception. Include an assessment of your leadership strengths and how you can use this information to increase your success as a leader. Use the StrengthsFinder 2.0 source—use the code to access the website and further explore your strengths. Requirements: 500 words minimum, two scholarly sources, APA format A practical leadership approach from a biblical perspective would be to serve others to the best of your ability. When I examine my life, to some degree, no matter what situation I may be in, serving others is always involved. Some examples of where serving others occur are a school, sports teams, church, jobs, and a parent and child relationship at home. In modern society, most people would associate serving others with being a subordinate to someone who has authority over them. I argue that serving others is just another form of helping someone to the best of your ability in what you are experienced in. So, serving others takes place in an inferior position, and people in leadership positions must also help people. From a biblical perspective, servant leadership can be described as an act of service that correlates to how Christ was willing to serve everyone around him. Matthew 20:26 says, “Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.” (Holy Bible, NIV) The context of this bible verse comes from the disciples wanting to know who amongst them will be the highest in Jesus‘s kingdom. The disciple’s attitude toward power and authority during this particular time was similar to how the Romans commanded the need for respect for those who served underneath them. The Romans made sure to display their superior status. Despite Jesus not wanting his disciples to demonstrate this same concept of how the Romans show off their status, he wanted them to continue striving towards greatness. Jesus tells them that they must become a servant to be great. Jesus’s teaching about becoming a servant to be significant may not have been listened to by many people at that time because servants were viewed as people who were not the best or least potent. Servants took command from people who were considered remarkable. Jesus’s teaching of serving others means to humble yourself no matter your status to benefit everyone around you.
Servant leadership distinguishes itself from other leadership approaches because it focuses on helping people improve and grow rather than focusing on improving themselves or gaining benefits for themselves. Servant leaders share power with everyone. Some of the core attributes of a servant leader is having humility, awareness, empathy, and being flexible. “Servant leadership allows a manager to be flexible in style, adapting to the needs of the situation, as in the example of the fire chief. Ethical principles must be upheld even in an emergency.” (Batson & Neff, 2007, p.154) Servant leaders must also take authority when decisive action is needed for the betterment of those underneath them and the organization. After taking the strength finder assessment, I learned my strengths are restorative, context, responsible, analytical, and deliberative. All five themes correlate to being a servant leader. The restorative theme means to be capable of finding solutions to different problems. Fixing problems adds value to people’s lives and is a form of service to others. The context theme means I use the past to understand the present. When I can better understand the present, I can be capable of helping more people and humble myself to be grateful for those of the past. The responsibility theme means that I am more prone, to be honest and have loyalty. When providing service to others, two good qualities are being trustworthy and loyal because you will be more accountable for every action you take. The analytical theme means that I view things through a cause-and-effect relationship. This viewpoint allows me to make decisions to benefit the people around me. The deliberative theme means I take decisions seriously because I understand actions have inevitable consequences. I prefer to make decisions that will likely produce a good outcome for most people.
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