Introduction
The leadership characrteristics of the Hebrew patriarchs and their wives (matriarchs), evaluated through the lens of servant leadership.
Task
Ten principles of Servant Leadership:
- Listening
- Empathy
- Healing
- Awareness
- Persuasion
- Conceptualisation
- Foresight
- Stewardship
- Commitment to the Growth of People
- Community Building
Check what each word means and discuss it with a classmate.
When completed you may proceed to Evaluation and check your answers.
You may then watch the videos on Isaac, Jacob and Esau.
Process
ISAAC JACOB & ESAU... Part 1
Evaluation
Write these in your RE book.
Ten principles of Servant leadership:
- Listening. Servant leaders listen intently to others - listen receptively to what is being said (and not said).
- Empathy. Servant leaders place a high priority on empathising with others. They strive to see and understand what is unique about each person they work with.
- Healing. Several leaders seek to heal the hurt and pain that others - and they themselves - experience. This can be physical, emotional and spiritual healing. They recognise that healing and wholeness are powerful forces for transformation and integration.
- Awareness. Servant leaders are marked by general awareness of other people and their situation and environment. They are especially aware of their own strengths and weaknesses.
- Persuasion. Servant leaders rely on persuasion, rather than their institutional or positional authority in making decisions. They seek to convince others, rather than exert their own authority.
- Conceptualisation. Servant leaders look beyond the immediate problems and opportunities and seek to keep their focus on their personal or organisational mission and vision. They keep both day-to-day needs and the big picture in balance.
- Foresight. Servant leaders seek to understand the lessons of the past and the realities of the present to develop the foresight to predict the future impact of their personal or organisational decisions.
- Stewardship. Servant leaders use their personal and organisational resources wisely to ensure quality of life for future generations.
- Commitment to the Growth of People. Servant leaders are deeply committed to the personal, professional and spiritual growth of each and every person within the organisation.
- Community Building. Servant leaders work at building community among those who work within their organisations, knowing that the trend to ever larger organisational structures increases the danger of impersonal treatment of individuals and the likelihood of poor decision making.