Ken Blanchard Summary

Atkinson (2014) believes effective leadership displays, “No person is less divine than another, and therefore no person is less than another” (p. 145). Throughout the bible, there are many people in scripture that God placed in leadership roles. Jesus, David, Moses, Paul, Peter, Abraham and many others are some of those leaders. There are core attributes discussed in the lecture that personally reflect my opinion of what an effective leader of Christ needs such as, a shared vision, model of the way, empowerment of others, challenge of the process, and encouragement of the heart.

Lynch and Friedman (2013) express that “Servant leadership is a valuable approach in politics and industry. Adding the spiritual component−striving to build a spiritual workplace and working to improve society− completes the paradigm and makes it more valuable as a leadership theory” (p.

In the book Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders, by Reggie McNeal it examines the need for strong spiritual Christian leaders in today’s society. McNeal looks at the good and bad characteristics of a leader in order to help leaders understand and develop the characteristics needed in one’s own life to be a good leader. McNeal states “we are desperate for great

Servant leadership from a Christian perspective is a replica of what Jesus Christ symbolizes. Jesus was a servant because he showed truth, vision, humility, commitment, teacher to his followers, and brought about change; he was a suffering servant, yet was merciful, he was a teacher, yet willing to be taught by the Holy Spirit. “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

In chapter 11 covers low is high. These days we rank ourselves from low to high we are not equal we seem to divide people who are important to those who do very little. Karybill helps us explore Jesus view on power, status, and inequality. Karybill mentions looking down on people for example “If I did it, they can do to too. If the poor would just work a little harder and be more responsible they could pull themselves up by their bootstraps, too.”(Kraybill, D. 2011). In reality, there are several factors that place us on a particular rung of social life. The first one is biological constraints meaning our skin color; energy level and sex are things we cannot control. Culture values have a lot to do if you were taught to work hard. Personal motivation has a lot to do with biological or culture roots. Financial inheritance has a lot if you come from a wealthy family, and will inherit a business. Although

Servant leadership is one of several models that have some basis in ethics, according to Northouse (2013), in this way servant leadership distinguishes itself from trait, path-goal or transformational models. The aim of this paper will be to examine on attribute of servant-leadership, describing how the principles might be applied, and the impact of such an approach, in a practical setting. The second part of this paper will evaluate servant leadership’s relationship with the Christian religion and ask whether the model is compatible with other belief systems.

Servant-leadership is widely researched and discussed from a secular and Christian worldview (Fischer, 2010; see also Blanchard & Hodges, 2005). A Christian is called to follow God in all he does but life experiences can be conflicting in dealing with the spiritual and secular context; however, Christ wants his followers to operate within the context of the secular world. True servant-leadership is to emulate how Jesus led those around him - with complete selflessness and by serving others. Moreover, it is challenging for humans to be servant-leaders as they often desire

Servant leadership can be defined as the skill of empowering others towards a common goal through service to them (Hunter, 2014). The theory of servant leadership was initially written about by Greanleaf in the 1970s even though it has existed for hundreds of years (Parris and Peachey, 2012). Greanleaf believed that servant leadership was brought about by individuals reflecting on personal growth rather than providing a step by step manual on how to be a servant leader (Parris and Peachey, 2012). More recent researchers include in the definition of leadership various attributes such as altruistic calling, service, empowerment,

Brad Cohen is constructive, has a positive attitude towards the future. He doesn’t get affected by the negative words of people at most times and leads a normal, delightful life. For example, in the movie, when he receives a phone call from the interviewee, he picks up the phone in excitement and makes the noises before the “hello”, to which he gets a question asked “was that your dog?” he replied in denial “yes that was my dog”. Although he has limitations on certain areas of his daily life, he tries his best to not let tourette win for example, when one of his students passed away due to cancer, he didn’t want to attend the funeral due to his condition. By accepting his disability as an ability, Brad was able to show people that he isn’t

From the group Biblical Integration Paper, it was understood that servant-leadership is not only a gift of purpose that God places in the hearts of His people, but it is also a calling in one’s life to truly touch the lives of others in need. Living a successful life, as a servant-leader is not one that focuses on self-fulfillment, rather it is in seeking a fulfillment that comes from Christ when one pours him/herself out for the sake of others. It is through servant-leadership that one is able to bring hope into hopeless situations (Group Integration Paper,

These three verse aide in the developing corporate values from the Christian Worldview. They speak heavily on being a servant leader. Matthey 20:26 states “It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant” This verse speaks on the responsibility of being a great leader who makes other great, the transfer of power. Leaders share both power and knowledge. Next, Philippians 2:3 states “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others”. This verse speaks the qualities of being mindful, selfless and respectful of others as a Servant leader.

“The author Victor Rhee of “Hebrews as a Leader of the Faith Community” enlightens the path way on the subject of leaders in the body of Christ. The title alone brings a certain kind of curiosity to what makes a leader according to the book of Hebrews. If leadership training could have a manual it should be parallel to Hebrews. Leadership today is missing the courage to stand for something that is right according to the word of God. No matter what is taking place in our society beliefs and value system. Leadership has suffered greatly both inside and outside the church, especially in Christian leadership. One of the main points that the author of this article points out is the society woes are the same as ours today. How fitting is

In the article “servant Leadership” Jones-Burbridge and Jo Ann; discusses about servant leadership. By defining and outlining the characterizes and qualities of servant leadership. They begins the article by quoting John Maxwell words on what makes up leader. To Maxwell” true leadership must be for the benefit of the followers not to enrich the leader” (Burbridge and Ann, 2012, p.45). Thus, Burbridge and Ann regard this concept of true leadership as what makes up servant leadership. This is to say that; like true leadership; servant leadership, is more concerned to satisfying the needs of people rather than that of the leaders.

“There is much that can be learned about leadership from Scripture” (Smith, 1992, p. 39). The Bible provides us with what God not only desires His man of God to be, but requires His under shepherd to meet His character traits.

There are many people in scripture that God has placed in leadership roles. Jesus himself, David, Moses, Paul, Peter, Abraham and many others are some of those leaders. There are core attributes discussed in the lecture that personally reflect my opinion of what an effective leader of Christ needs such as, a shared vision, model of the way, empowerment of others, challenge of the process, and encouragement of the heart. Leaders establish a model of the way others should be treated and how goals should be pursued, with standards and examples of what others should follow by exemplifying God’s example. Christian leaders inspire a shared vision to make a difference