Perceived Needs: Small Nonprofit Boards And Leadership Development Efforts,
2013
Augsburg College
Perceived Needs: Small Nonprofit Boards And Leadership Development Efforts, Luisa K. Gerasimo
Theses and Graduate Projects
Nonprofits have become more important in recent decades: almost two million American charities provide important and diverse services. How they function under the leadership of nonprofit boards of directors has not been studied to the extent that corporate boards have. Some nonprofit boards do not offer new member training or an orientation to board service, which may leave some board members underprepared to lead. Do nonprofit boards that get training improve themselves and the functioning of their associated nonprofit agency? Using a review of academic literafure, personal experience working for nonprofits and serving on nonprofit boards, interviews with a board …
Leadership Strategies That Foster Innovation And Creattvity In 21st Century Organizations,
2013
Augsburg College
Leadership Strategies That Foster Innovation And Creattvity In 21st Century Organizations, Patricia Dianne Carlson
Theses and Graduate Projects
In an increasingly change-driven world, leaders are called upon to evolve their mindsets and skill-sets to reflect and serve the demands for innovation that characterize the 2Ist century. In this research, I examined the leadership strategies that foster innovation and creativity as a stimulus for sustained competitive advantage in organizations. Creativity without innovation in an organization is a wasted effort. However, without creative ideas there is nothing to promote, feed and develop the innovation process. I focus on three critical questions: What type of organizational climate fosters innovation and creativity? What is leadership's role in fostering innovation and creativity? What …
Communication Satisfaction And Part-Time Employees In A Park And Recreation Organization,
2013
Augsburg College
Communication Satisfaction And Part-Time Employees In A Park And Recreation Organization, Debra Lynn Derosa
Theses and Graduate Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate levels of communication satisfaction depending on work status (whether employees work on a full-time or part-time basis) in a single municipal park and recreation organization. Part-time and full-time employees were surveyed using the Down and Hazen's Communication Satisfaction Questionnaire, resulting in 40 usable responses. The results showed that both part-time and full-time employees surveyed had low levels of communication satisfaction in the researched organization. Part-time employees had slightly higher levels of communication satisfaction than the full-time employees in each of the eight communication dimensions researched. This study draws attention for organizational need …
Relationship Between Leader Behavior And Subordinate Organizational Commitment In Higher Education Administrators,
2013
Augsburg College
Relationship Between Leader Behavior And Subordinate Organizational Commitment In Higher Education Administrators, Christy L. Leduc
Theses and Graduate Projects
Organizational commitment (OC) is the psychological link betrveen employees and their organizations that reduces the likelihood that ernployees rvill voluntarily leave. OC is an important dimension of organization effectiveness; it has been shown to impact productivity, work performance. and rurnover. It is instructive to recognize how a leader's behavior impacts the overall stress and the organizational commitment of employees. Fifty-five administrators at a private college in the Midwest completed a 56-question electlonic survey to explore the relationship arnong leaders' behavioral scores for (1a) structure-initiation and (1b) consideration as assigned by their employees and the (2) self-reported organizational commitment levels of …
Our Shared Table: The Emerging Future Of Food, Seed And Biodiversity,
2013
Augsburg College
Our Shared Table: The Emerging Future Of Food, Seed And Biodiversity, Marita Bujold
Theses and Graduate Projects
Until recent decades, food was produced entirely by organic methods by farming communities who depended on adapting seeds within specific ecosystems and local ecological knowledge. This traditional approach to agriculture generated a wealth of vital genetically diverse seeds and plants. Since 1960, peasant communities have contributed 1.9 million varieties of plants to the world's seed banks. In today's food economy, one and half billion peasant farmers continue to rely on seed saving, local ecological knowledge and produce 70% of the world's food. The remaining thirty per cent of food produced by the agribusiness approach to farming that emerged in the …
A Journey In Servant-Leadership,
2013
The Spears Center for Servant-Leadership
A Journey In Servant-Leadership, Larry C. Spears
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
I would like to start by commending all of our contributing authors in this journal. The articles contained within this issue are truly remarkable and offer a compelling vision of servant-leadership. These articles represent the diverse thinking of people from around the world, and a powerful landscape of human insight that deeply inspires me.
Coming Home: Servant-Leadership, Men, And The Road Back To One Another,
2013
Gonzaga University
Coming Home: Servant-Leadership, Men, And The Road Back To One Another, Shann Ray Ferch
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
A primary reason for the general malaise and lack of leadership experienced by many in contemporary society coincides with a loss of the essence of what it means to live in and be developed by a real community, or to encounter what might be called a sense of home. In Greenleaf's terms, the true community is a result of servant-leaders working to meet the most ultimate needs of those with whom they come into contact. The result of meeting such needs is that others grow wiser, more free, more healthy, and more autonomous. In Greenleaf's conception, in a good community, …
Confirmed,
2013
Gonzaga University
Confirmed, Mary Jane Nealon
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
A poem by Mary Jane Nealon.
Choices,
2013
Spokane, Washington
Choices, Ketema Ross
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
A poem by Ketema Ross.
An Inward Journey,
2013
Gonzaga University
An Inward Journey, Robert K. Greenleaf
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
It was my privilege to see a bit of Robert Frost in his last years and, having a feeling for the man as a person, his poetry has a special meaning for me. Philip Booth, in a review, said: "Poems like 'The Demiurge's Laugh,' 'The Road Not Taken,' 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,' 'On a Tree Fallen Across the Road,' 'Desert Places,' 'Come In,' and 'Directive' map, in sequence, the road Robert Frost took into the dark woods, and record the serial ordeal he survived by surrendering himself to the conflicts such poems dramatize." Earlier in Chapter IX, …
Servant-Leadership Characteristics, Personality Type, And The Hierarchy Of Functions,
2013
Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis
Servant-Leadership Characteristics, Personality Type, And The Hierarchy Of Functions, Beth A. Lafferty, Ralph Lewis, Larry C. Spears
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
The 2008 International Journal of Servant-Leadership featured a groundbreaking dialogue on Myers Briggs and Servant-Leadership written by Larry Spears and Ralph Lewis. In the intervening years, it has generated considerable interest among readers and researchers alike. Near the end of that dialogue, Larry asked Ralph this question: "I am wondering if there is something here for servant-leaders that might be explored over time as a developmental tool, or as a piece of writing that would address the sixteen types in relation to servant-leadership?"
A Servant-Leader Meditation,
2013
The Spears Center for Servant-Leadership
A Servant-Leader Meditation, George Sanfacon, Larry C. Spears
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
This guided meditation is about opening your heart to all beings-including yourself-and wishing them well. It is an antidote to contracting around the pain and suffering of life, which separates us from others. The meditation can be read aloud or silently. Most importantly, it needs to be done slowly and in a quiet setting. So be sure to pause in the spaces indicated(...). Beyond that, there is no right way or wrong way to do the practice.
Amazing Grace: Seeking Grace And Forgiveness In Law Enforcement,
2013
National Park Service
Amazing Grace: Seeking Grace And Forgiveness In Law Enforcement, Lena I. Boesser-Koschmann
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
AMAZING GRACE Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found Was blind, but now I see ... T'was Grace that brought us safe thus far, And Grace will lead us home.
The Serving Salesperson: Meeting Customer Needs With Practices Of Servanthood,
2013
Butler University
The Serving Salesperson: Meeting Customer Needs With Practices Of Servanthood, Daniel H. Mcquiston, Lawrence J. Lad, W. Scott Downey
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
I was taught to serve customers and to look to do whatever we could do to meet their needs. We ask them what their biggest challenges are and how we can help them-it goes beyond simply selling products....I try to be a humble servant even in the littlest of ways, calling them, telling them "I'm thinking about you."...People want to have a relationship with others who show a genuine caring attitude for them. -Packaging materials salesperson
Teaching Corporate Governance In Mba Programs: The Servant-Leadership Test,
2013
Kutztown University
Teaching Corporate Governance In Mba Programs: The Servant-Leadership Test, Martha M. Geaney
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Despite the fact that it has been ten years since scandals such as Enron, WorldCom, and Adelphia, accountability and ethical leadership issues in business organizations continue to occur. Legislative and regulatory compliance mandates such as Sarbanes Oxley have not stemmed some of these ethical breaches. Recent examples include the Madoff, Rothstein, and Stanford Ponzi schemes and the mortgage-backed securities perpetration that has rocked world markets. As a result, corporations are under renewed pressure from regulators, stockholders, and stakeholders to demonstrate that they have a moral conscience. In response to this pressure, some companies, whether they have been caught cheating, lying, …
Servant-Leadership Applied To Balance World Inequalities And Enhance Global Forgiveness And Restoration,
2013
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
Servant-Leadership Applied To Balance World Inequalities And Enhance Global Forgiveness And Restoration, Christian B. Cabezas
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Many years have passed since the end of World War II. In this war that stemmed from hate, unhealthy ambition, and a sense of superiority from within different cultures, millions of lives were lost. Some authors, including a number that were survivors of that war, have documented and described the horrors and atrocities committed. Wiesenthal (1998) raised the dilemma of the possibility of forgiveness to the perpetrators of the massacres committed in this war. Mandela and Tutu (1999), with their experience in South Africa and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, have shown the world that it is possible to forgive …
Put Me In Coach, I’M Ready To Serve: The Servant-Leader As High School Coach,
2013
University of Southern Maine
Put Me In Coach, I’M Ready To Serve: The Servant-Leader As High School Coach, Brian L. Davenport
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
The term servant-leadership was first coined in the seventies by Robert Greenleaf (Spears 2004) to describe a leadership theory that placed the emphasis on the led. Since that time it has slowly gained traction (ibid.). However, it is clear that, as a leadership theory, servant-leadership is not yet mainstream in thought and practice. Western (2008) described servant-leadership as an emerging leadership theory, nearly thirty years after it was introduced by Greenleaf. The idea received only passing reference in other overviews of various leadership theories (Jackson and Parry 2008; Northouse 2007; Rost 1991), until Northouse's (2013) sixth edition of Leadership Theory …
The Organizational Impacts Of Community On Retention And Satisfaction: A Sociological Approach To Servant-Leadership,
2013
Utah Valley University
The Organizational Impacts Of Community On Retention And Satisfaction: A Sociological Approach To Servant-Leadership, Kirk D. Young
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
The theme of community has been extensively researched in the sociological field; for many years sociologists have studied how community impacts various factors of the human experience. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the elements of community materialize within, and carry an influence throughout, the arena of leadership. By focusing on the potential that servant-leaders have for establishing community within organizations, it will be seen that the powerful effects thereof can be identified and understood on a scale much smaller than the town, city, or society-entities often the focus of the sociological study. The elements of community …
Servant-Leadership: Creating A Context For Collaboration,
2013
Timothy Christian School, Fraser Valley, British Columbia
Servant-Leadership: Creating A Context For Collaboration, Daniel Van Brugge
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Successful educators are chameleons. As chameleons alter their appearance to suit their environment, so too must educators change their strategies and mind-sets to adapt to changes in education (Laymon 2010). While chameleons adapt in order to blend in, educators must adapt to new surroundings to ensure that students are prepared for full entry into society. This entry must result in benefit to student and society. Schools that lack creative and collaborative leadership cannot move their schools forward to adapt as needed (Ozar 2010). There is a high correlation between collaborative school cultures and schools that are able to adapt (Meirink …
Finding The Way Home: The Emergence Of A Servant-Leader Through The Power Of Forgiveness,
2013
Gonzaga University
Finding The Way Home: The Emergence Of A Servant-Leader Through The Power Of Forgiveness, Mark T. Mccord
International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Sitting at a corner table in a small cafe in the Plaka neighborhood of Athens, Greece...Afghanistan seemed to be a million miles away and yet it had followed me there. Like an unseen vapor Afghanistan permeated my every thought, causing words to catch in my throat and my body to be in constant motion. Even then, more than three months after I completed an almost-four year-posting, I could not seem to shake Afghanistan. The result was an awkward silence, and fractured thoughts. My wife sat across from me, the look on her face belying her frustration. She did not know …
