LDR 630 Servant Leadership Entire Course
LDR 630 Topic 1 DQ 1
Max Points: 5.0
While servant leadership
can be connected to biblical principles and Christianity, it is not exclusively
tied to it. In what ways do the principles of servant leadership cross
religious and cultural lines? Justify your opinions by providing specific
examples.
LDR 630 Topic 1 DQ 2
Discuss the traits,
behaviors, and leadership style you would expect to see in a person who
identifies as a servant leader. In your response, include discussion about the
following.
1. In what ways can servant leadership be
considered a vocation?
2. When people commit to being servant leaders,
what does that mean about the types of behaviors they exhibit and prohibit
personally and within the organizations they are leading?
3. How does servant leadership differ from
traditional forms of leadership?
LDR 630 Week 1 Assignment Benchmark – Servant Leadership and
Christianity
Details:
In the Topic Materials
you were introduced to Robert Greenleaf’s principles of servant leadership. You
also read biblical passages related to servant leadership. Using a graphic
organizer such as a Venn diagram, illustrate the similarities and differences
between Greenleaf’s principles of servant leadership and those presented in the
biblical passages.
In 500 words,
summarize how both Greenleaf and Christianity call people to serve and discuss
how one feels when called to serve as a leader. In your summary, include
discussion of the idea that power comes from giving it away and putting oneself
in the position to serve others. Using Matthew 20:20-28 and Greenleaf’s principles
of servant leadership as a basis, discuss how taking the role of a servant can
make one a leader. Provide specific examples to support your ideas.
Submit your graphic
organizer and written response as a Word document or pdf.
APA format is not required,
but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a
rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to
submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.
LDR 630 Topic 2 DQ 1
Max Points: 5.0
Visit the “Competitive
Advantages” page of the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership
website at https://www.greenleaf.org/winning-workplaces/workplace-resources/research-studies/competitive-advantages/ and review the articles indicating ways
that servant leadership helps organizations gain competitive advantage. Using
that information along with the Topic Materials, discuss how servant leadership
contributes to competitive advantage in contemporary organizations. Provide
specific industry examples of companies that have thrived as servant leaders.
LDR 630 Topic 2 DQ 2
One of the challenges
often faced by nonprofit organizations is financial viability. Consider how the
service leadership model can make a nonprofit organization competitive in ways
that are not profit driven. In your post, discuss whether or not the value the
nonprofit provides to the community and the greater good is professionally
appealing enough to make you want to explore as a career opportunity despite
the fact that in many cases than the personal and financial gains offered by
nonprofits may not match what is available in for-profit organizations.
LDR 630 Week 2 Assignment Nonprofit Servant Leader Profile
Details:
Conduct research and
use the links below to locate a reputable nonprofit organization that serves
people and the community as a servant leader:
Create a poster,
PowerPoint presentation, brochure, YouTube video, etc. that illustrates how the
nonprofit organization puts servant leadership into action. Within the
informational piece, include written or verbal documentation of the following:
1. Specific information about the servant
leadership principles employed by the organization
2. Examples of how implementing servant
leadership principles has helped the organization achieve success while having
a positive impact on people and the community.
3. Discussion of which servant leadership
principles you recognize as most valuable and would consider integrating within
your own organization.
Submit your assignment
as a Word document, PowerPoint presentation, a PDF file, or YouTube video link.
APA format is not
required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a
rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
LDR 630 Topic 3 DQ 1
Think about how your
personal values correlate with the principles of servant leadership. How can
you draw on values and servant leadership principles to better establish your
followership to better serve those you lead professionally and personally?
LDR 630 Topic 3 DQ 2
Suppose you go to work
for an organization that you discover does not align with your personal values.
You are in a leadership role and you are not in a position to leave the job.
How do you ethically represent the company without compromising your own
beliefs? What is the deal breaker for you? How does ethically representing the
company demonstrate your ability to be a servant leader?
LDR 630 Week 3 Assignment Servant Leadership Experience
Details:
Find an opportunity to
demonstrate servant leadership in your organization or community through
volunteering or serving others. The experience should be something that is new
for you and takes you out of your comfort zone. The goal of the experience is
to get a tangible moment to think about leadership from a different
perspective. Rather than looking at a leader in the hierarchical sense, look at
it in terms of what the results of your volunteering could do for others and
how, if done consistently, it might influence change or produce a positive
impact for the greater good. Submit a one or two paragraph summary of your
intended servant leadership activity for approval by your instructor. Include
the name of the organization and contact information for the organizational
leader. You will use this activity as the basis for the Servant Leadership
Analysis assignment in Topic 8.
APA format is not
required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are not required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
LDR 630 Topic 4 DQ 1
Think about the
principles of servant leadership and provide two examples of specific ways you
can apply them in your current work environment, as member of a community group
or organization with which you are involved, or in your personal life. Discuss
the specific servant leadership principles you would apply, the methods you
would use to apply the principles, and the results you would anticipate seeing
as a result of implementing these servant leadership principles.
LDR 630 Topic 4 DQ 2
Max Points: 10.0
Conduct research about
a biblical figure such as Moses, David, Paul, Joseph, Esther, or Nehemiah to
learn about how the biblical leader exemplified servant leadership and see how
the principles of servant leadership transcend time and place. Think about the
contemporary leader you are researching for the Topic 4 assignment, and discuss
the similarities you see between the biblical servant leader and the
contemporary servant leader. Provide specific examples to illustrate the
similarities you have identified and include discussion about what you think
makes the principles of servant leadership applicable regardless of time or
place.
LDR 630 Week 4 Assignment Applying Servant Leadership
Details:
Select and research a
contemporary political, social, religious, or business, leader to learn about
how the leader employs Greenleaf’s principles of servant leadership to
motivate, influence, and lead others. You may use the “Individual and Corporate
Servant Leaders” handout in the Topic Materials if you need assistance locating
potential leaders. Write a 500-750 word paper that addresses the following.
1. Summary of the principles of servant
leadership employed by the leader.
2. Specific examples to illustrate the leader’s
application of servant leadership principles.
3. Information about the unique way the leader
inspires followership.
4. Discussion of what would you seek to emulate
or see more of in your own organization from both the people who lead you and
the leadership you provide to others?
Prepare this
assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a
rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to
submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.
LDR 630 Topic 5 DQ 1
Max Points: 10.0
Learn about current
trends in servant leadership by conducting your own research and locating an article
that illustrates how the principles of servant leadership are being employed in
the workplace, as part of a volunteer or service effort, or in an individual’s
personal life. In the Main Forum, post a short summary and a link to the
article. Discuss what you learned from reading the article and whether or not
you would consider applying servant leadership in a similar way.
LDR 630 Topic 5 DQ 2
The article “Why Isn’t
Servant Leadership More Prevalent?” poses the question, “But if servant leadership
is as effective as portrayed in recent research, why isn’t it more prevalent?”
Using what you have learned about the principles of servant leadership and your
own experiences, address this question. Use examples to support your
hypotheses.
LDR 630 Week 5 Assignment Benchmark – Servant Leadership and the
Greater Good
Details:
Research a servant
leadership organization of your choice or one of the organizations listed on
the “Individual and Corporate Servant Leaders” handout in the Topic Materials. Selections
do not need to be limited to businesses. Entities such as hospitals or
educational institutions are also acceptable. In a 750-1000 word paper, address
the following.
1. Provide a summary of how the organization
implements the principles of servant leadership in the way it interacts with or
provide service to customers, hires and manages employees, and models its
operations and policies.
2. Discuss specific commitments the organization
makes to stakeholders and how implementing servant leadership affects not only
the organization, but also the community and the common good.
3. Knowing that most organizations do not
function with the principles of servant leadership as part of their operations,
discuss how the concepts and behaviors associated with servant leadership might
be a source of conflict or might create operational challenges within the
organization. Provide examples to support your ideas and discuss specific ways
the organization’s leader has addressed these challenges.
4. What do you see as the greatest benefits for
organizations that adopt the principles of servant leadership as their
operational model? Provide specific examples to justify your opinions.
Prepare this
assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a
rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to
submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.
LDR 630 Topic 6 DQ 1
Think about
Greenleaf’s principles of servant leadership and what you have learned about
the biblical foundation of servant leadership. Identify specific principles of
servant leadership that, when employed effectively, can proliferate respect for
multiculturalism and diversity within the organizations and communities they
serve? Provide specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
LDR 630 Topic 6 DQ 2
Research an
international servant leader or international servant leadership organization
to examine the similarities and differences in the way servant leadership is
executed in Western culture and Christianity when compared with other cultures
and religions. Summarize the similarities and differences you discovered and
discuss which principles of servant leadership you think are universal,
regardless of religious and cultural differences. Provide examples to support
your opinions.
LDR 630 Topic 7 DQ 1
Max Points: 10.0
In the Topic Materials
you read several examples of ways that servant leadership can be displayed
through true volunteerism and acts of service to others. Research an historic
or current servant leader who is a true volunteer in service to others. In what
ways does the person inspire leadership while building his or her own character
and integrity? How does this leader exemplify the moral obligation to lead
through kindness, compassion, and justice
LDR 630 Topic 7 DQ 2
Max Points: 5.0
Share the servant
leadership volunteer opportunity you are completing. Discuss how you think this
experience will help you develop your own character and give you experience in
leading through exhibiting kindness, compassion, and justice.
LDR 630 Topic 8 DQ 1
Now that you have
participated in your servant leadership opportunity, discuss how the experience
affected your understanding of how through serving others one actually leads.
Support your ideas with specific examples from your volunteer experience.
LDR 630 Topic 8 DQ 2
Watch the video
“Servant Leadership – Joe Schmitt.” Discuss why this is a good example of
leadership through acts of service in terms of the way the actions of the
leader demonstrate integrity and personal character building while also
establishing followership and pushing others to grow professionally through
emulating his actions. Discuss how this example embraces both Greenleaf’s
principles of servant leadership and the call to service evident in
Christianity.
LDR 630 Week 8 Assignment Benchmark – Servant Leadership
Analysis
Details:
Analyze your volunteer
experience by writing a 1,000-1,250 word reflection focused on your volunteer
experience. Examine how volunteering enabled you to practice the principles of
servant leadership. Reference and address the following in the paper.
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?
Prepare this
assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a
rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to
submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.
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