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Monthly Archives: August 2012
The DNA of Servant Leadership – Healing
Healing is the trademark for a servant leader. It is a continual process of connecting, understanding, and transforming. All together with the other elements this unique skill sets the servant leader apart from other types of leaders. We sometimes think … Continue reading
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The DNA of Servant Leadership – Empathy
The mark of a true servant leader is to be able to feel for others. We call this empathy. It differs from the word sympathy as empathy denotes feeling the feelings for another person as opposed to having feelings but … Continue reading
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Transparency: The Right Thing to Do
Organizational transparency is the practice of a business to be open and forthright with all stakeholders about decisions, direction, and finances. Top of the line business ethics mandates transparency. In church world it should be a common practice. In reality … Continue reading
The DNA of Servant Leadership – Listening
There is an old saying, “God gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason. Maybe we should take the hint.” One of the most important concepts with servant leadership is the ability to listen. Being able to understand … Continue reading
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Servant Leadership Revisited
The concept of servant leadership is simple enough to understand. It is described in most management books and taught in the best business schools. The essence of servant leadership is that the leader needs to become a servant to his … Continue reading
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Leadership and a Matter of Perspective
In the movie The Matrix the character Morpheus speaks of residual self image as how people view themselves. We go through life thinking how we appear to others which may or may not be accurate in the real world. The whole … Continue reading
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Religious Fanaticism and Those Who Lead Spiritual Groups (Part 4 of 4)
Certainly, Jim Jones and David Koresh are extremes but we can see that even the extremes have a fanatical following. Narcissistic Personality Disorder is common in the everyday world and on the surface can be an attractive thing to some … Continue reading
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Religious Fanaticism and Those Who Lead Spiritual Groups (Part 3 of 4)
So what are the traits associated with Narcissistic Personality Disorder? According to Dr. Sam Vaknin’s Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited at least five of the following traits must be present for a diagnosis: 1. Feels grandiose and self-important (e.g., … Continue reading
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Religious Fanaticism and Those Who Lead Spiritual Groups (Part 2 of 4)
The question is how people of good intelligence get taken in by others with questionable theology or personal behaviors that do not seem so leader like. The issue with the extreme examples of Jim Jones and David Koresh reveals both … Continue reading
Religious Fanaticism and Those Who Lead Spiritual Groups (Part 1 of 4)
It is interesting to try to understand why people like Jim Jones and David Koresh achieved the type and amount of following they did. In criminal justice, especially criminology, we ask the questions why and how did such groups ever … Continue reading
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