Servant Leadership

1. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This is a course in the series: Leadership Principles. It focuses on servant-leadership and how to become more effective as a servant-leader. Emphases of the course include: “Strategies for Improving Your People Skills,” “How to be a Good Manager,” “How to Have Healthy Self-Confidence,” “How to Combat Discouragement,” “How to Motivate,” and others.

II.     COURSE RATIONALE: 

The study of this course will equip the student with knowledge and skills for becoming an effective servant-leader. The student’s awareness of and ability to apply leadership principles will be increased.

III. COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Cognitive: When the student has successfully completed this course, he/she will be able to:

1. Define and describe a successful servant-leader.
2. Identify and develop attitudes and strategies that will produce the traits of a servant-leader.
3. Identify and understand strategic people skills and how to employ them.
4. Recognize the difference between leadership and management and the skills required to be a good manager of people.
5. Recognize the signs of ministry or workplace discouragement, its causes, and cures.
6. Understand the nature and value of healthy self-confidence.
7. Motivate others as a leader.

Affective: The successful student will further:

1. Appreciate and practice practical ways to enrich the servant-leadership characteristics he/she already possesses.
2. Develop and impart to others an increased passion to be an effective servant-leader.

COURSE TEXTS:

Textbook, Servant Leadership: Lead by Serving – Serve by Leading, by Dr. Ronald E. Cottle, Columbus, GA: TEC Publications, 2012.

1. Study Guide and Syllabus