Impact Of Leadership Village 's Fall Retreat

After a car accident three years ago, God used the recovery period to hone my old skills and birth new. Over the course of the process, He repositioned me for a different journey. The new path led to a transition from a secular K-12 setting to Christian higher education; yet, still within the context of supporting a diverse student population. My purpose became preparing and teaching ministerial leadership in a

The book selected for the assignment is, ‘Be a people person: Effective leadership through effective relationships,’ by John C. Maxwell. Mr. Maxwell is an author, speaker, leadership expert who is internationally recognized and a pastor. He wrote books on leadership (The John Maxwell Company, n.d.). He has a doctorate in ministry and started his career as a pastor. After 14 years of preaching the word of God, he devoted himself to speaking and writing. He became a religious leader (Christian Books Previews, n.d.). Maxwell has recognized the role of interpersonal relationships in making and breaking a leader. He has also realized the importance of developing personal skills from the people (Victor Books, 2002). In his book, Maxwell explains how a person who follows can turn to a leader by connecting with people and relating to them from a biblical perspective. The author places 50 percent emphasis on others, 25 percent on self and the remaining 25 percent on God in his approach to the followers (Barnes and Noble, n.d.).

In these chapters Banks and Ledbetter draw attention to the raw spiritual, theological, and religious concepts of leadership. Here the authors conduct a case study of a significant author of leadership material, Stephen Covey. It is revealed that many readers are influenced by his Mormon faith without truly understanding or discerning the undertones.[3] This continues with an exploration of other perceived authorities on the topic of leadership. One such study is of Laura Beth Jones, an woman writer with increasing influence as it relates to leadership. Chapter five addresses how to translate practices of leadership into individual context through the use of three basic yet important values: faithfulness, integrity, and a servant-like attitude. Exploration of these three traits is undergirder with discussion of authors such as Robert Greenleaf. He is one of many leaders who brought into popular leadership thinking the idea of ‘servant leadership’.The book closes by offering examples in the form of case-studies. These studies provide deeper insight into the foundational qualities of successful leaders over the span of several years and many different context. This offers the reader a broader view of leadership by showing its success in many different forms and context.

Information from chapter one comprised of a summary of my assignments reports from the various ministries served and class discussions post. Moving forward to chapter two talks more of the vast amount of lessons learned through the five goals and the effectiveness of actual hands-on application: the practice of communication, pastoral-spiritual care, the practice of leadership, engaging diversity, and handling conflict. There were target events in each goal setting subject. For example, in communication, my target events were in small groups, classes, writings of creative activities curriculum, and counseling. In this process, my practice skills supported an audience of women, youth both boys and girls, and children. The area of pastoral-spiritual care involved Bible studies, home visits, hospital and nursing homes visits, grieving family visits, and prison ministry visits with the Children of Inmates Program. The practice of leadership comprises of attending events, training, and assisting in various ministries in need. Engaging diversity involved observing other ministry leaders engaging in a large church congregation, speaking at women's breakfast or functions, speaking at funeral services, and assisting in the planning of funeral with family members. Handling conflict dealt with counseling of premarital sessions, marriage counseling sessions, counseling child abuse sessions, counseling drug addiction session, counseling depression with childhood sexual abuse sessions and assisting with crisis individuals seeking assistance through the resources at our church Peacemakers office. Consequently, chapter three describes the most life changing events causing major setbacks in this journey of my calling and the solutions involved. Chapter four detailed some specifics on the results of my self-analysis test. Some of the shared data comprised of personal

John O'Leary stressed the importance of three questions: Why me? Who cares? What more can I do? From the introduction, these were posed through a negative mindset, but as he continued, he gave their meaning a new light. People face hardships each day, some more horrific than others. As for Mr. O'Leary, one childish mistake changed his life forever. Learning how he overcame the obstacle of healing from burns that covered one-hundred percent of his body exposed how hope, love, and faith can reignite the passion for life. We can easily choose to give up, but what a waste that is to allow yourself to fall away. Each individual has the opportunity to make an extraordinary impact on the world, so instead of bowing down to the troubles, one can fight and prove their worthiness. In order to blossom as a servant leader, it is important to realize you need to hold on to courage and passion, so that your efforts can have their full potential.

Over the past semester there have been so many great things I have learned in this class. Since the start of my education at Southwestern Assemblies of God, I have looked forward to taking this course more than any other. I am glad I had the opportunity to take it with a knowledgeable and wise professor. Throughout my life, the concepts of management and leadership have always been intriguing. Prior to my time here at SAGU I attended a leadership school called Masters Commission USA in Lewisville, Texas. There I learned the basic principles of how to become an effective leader. Although I have had a small amount of training in the past, it has been amazing to learn under your teaching. Being an effective manager is a daunting task to say the least because of the weight it carries. I definitely feel more equipped after taking your course. The concepts I am going to discuss in this paper have been reiterated over the course of the semester and have changed the way I view management. These principles that have changed my perspective are: the idea that Jesus is the center of our success, the core of management is servant leadership, and finding the balance in being a goose, an eagle, and a turkey. These principles are the key to becoming a successful

Another leadership story type that Simmons discusses is the “Values-in-Action” story, which brings values to life by respectfully “instilling [them] in a way that keeps people thinking for themselves” (20). Leslie asks the schoolchildren to imagine what it must have been like to be raised in an Indian residential school, stating that the children are “the next generation who will walk forward with values and ideals that will change our world and make it a better place” (Project Heart). The adults who participated in the ceremony (in addition to those who view it through film) must also face the same question, as well as face their individual and collective values as demonstrated by their response to her poignant inquiry. That is to say, if adults see children acting according to a certain ethical standard, the adults are also likely to choose to follow with their own ethical actions.

Tarleton, like other university’s in Texas, have what is called an Residential Leader, or RL for short, to help ensure that all the students who live on campus can have the best college experience Tarleton can offer. Although the names of the people may vary from university to university, they all still follow similar guidelines on how to help their residents. Being an RL has an enormous responsibility because they are who the students of the dorms look up to them as they set an example for determination, accountability, and relatability. RLs are asked many questions daily because they either know the answer or have the resources to help you find the answer. Some of the important questions RLs and future RLs should know include why they wanted to be an RL, why they should be an RL, and why should Tarleton even have RL’s.

The majority of humanity proceeds through life at an unfluctuating or even mundane pace. It is not until we experience a noteworthy event in our personal or professional lives that, we pause and contemplate the impact. For some individuals, this crucible event provides clarity to the point that life becomes more meaningful. For others, the impact of the experience alters the course of their life forever. I experienced such an event in my professional life during a moment in which an elderly World War II Veteran quietly revealed to me that unassuming heroes inconspicuously walk among the rest of us every day. This realization forged within me a sense of duty, purpose, and values, which has strongly influenced my leadership style.

In this book, author Robert Starratt provides a framework for building a foundation of ethical leadership based on responsibility, authenticity, and presence. Readers should understand that this book is not how to transform schools, but how to think about affecting change in our teachers, staff, and students.

Growing up with the extraordinary parents that I had nobody expected anything less from me. My mother without realizing taught me that it was acceptable to take risks, to face your fears with everything that you have, to pursue your dreams, and do anything that you love. Therefore, for the longest time I was a daughter terrified to disappoint her parents in any way. Meanwhile, my life was taking a complete change, I had just started to attend a leadership program, Vision in Movement, in Denver, Co because I was curious. In all honesty I didn’t know what I was searching for, but I met the most incredible people, coaches named Jorge and Rossy were an amazing support system. As a matter of fact, it was an unforgettable summer that impacted my

We sat and watched a few of the videos together just so he would have an idea of what Maxwell was all about in our discussions. What I found interesting after a while of me trying to explain the book to him, is he told me that almost every leader has probably read this book at some point. So, it was great to see that someone else has read this book. We started to discuss chapter 3 – Defining Moments Define Your Leadership. We talked about how I felt he has defined himself so far at our high school in his seven years as principal. I told him he was defined when we had a student-athlete who passed away from a single car accident, after living on life support for three days. All of the students gathered at the hospital that she was at and the hospital was very concerned with what would happen once they heard the news that she was going to pass away. This chapter speaks to the moments that define a leader and at that point in time he was a great leader and person. He went out in the court yard where all of the students had been sitting for hours and gathered them around, shared the prognosis, requested all of the student take time to reflect, and ask the students to go home to discuss the situation with their families. His leadership skills were shown over the next couple of days following the accident and as he supported the teachers and students. I think he did an outstanding job with this very difficult

In Moral Leadership, Sergiovanni shows how creating a new leadership practice--one with a moral dimension built around purpose, values, and beliefs--can transform a school from just an organization to a community. He believes that this "community" can inspire the kinds of commitment, devotion, and service from all stakeholders that can make our schools great. Sergiovanni explains the importance of justifying emotion and getting in touch with basic values and connections with others. He reveals how true collegiality, based on shared work and common goals, leads to an interdependence occurring naturally among

When I was a first year intern at Love Cultivating Schoolyards, our most important value was to grow as one, with our youth, elders, and peers to uplift our land and the people in Oakland. We always got into groups of three to five people to either weed, harvest, mulch, transplant, etc. An intern familiar with each assigned task would get chosen to teach others unfamiliar with it. As a result, we all grew together and we were all equipped to lead those who did not yet stiil learn how the work was done. At the same time, people did not want to lead because they didn't what to stay doing the same task for another week. As a leader it was my job to make sure I passed forward my knowledge and be the first to volunteer to do tasks.

Healing. “One of the great strengths of servant-leadership is the potential for healing one 's self and others. Many people have broken spirits and have suffered from a variety of emotional hurts. Although this is part of being human, servant-leaders recognize that they also have an opportunity to "help make whole" those with whom they come in contact” (Spears,