The phrase “Servant Leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay that he first published in 1970. In that essay, he said:
"The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions…The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Between them there are shadings and blends that are part of the infinite variety of human nature."
"The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant-first to make sure that other people’s highest priority needs are being served. The best test, and difficult to administer, is: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants? And, what is the effect on the least privileged in society? Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived?"
Last weekend, during the broadcast of one of the greatest golf tournaments in the world, viewers were "entertained" with the Tiger Woods show.
As soon as one golfer would hit a tee shot or make a putt, it seemed that the next view would be that of Tiger Woods.
Tiger Woods just missing a putt that would have put him in contention with the other golfers. Tiger Woods hooking his drive which showed how his time off had hurt his game. Tiger Woods trying to "respect" the game. How it seemed that the Tiger was able to put his past transgressions behind him and was able to concentrate on the job at hand. It just kept going on and on about Tiger this and Tiger that.
On the other hand, a little miracle was occurring at the Masters; one golfer just kept smiling.
He smiled if he made a good drive, or if he made a bad drive. He smiled if he made a long putt or missed a 5 foot putt. As he walked between holes, he smiled and shook hands with the crowd. He never cursed a bad stoke or blamed another person for a miss. All he did was smile.
Why would Phil Mickelson be smiling?
Here is a man whose wife has breast cancer. Here is a man whose mother has breast cancer. Here is a man who, rather than allow his wife and mother to fight this battle by themselves, took time off from the PGA tour to be with them. Here is a man that returned to the game he loved when his wife ordered him to do so. Here is man, who was so glad for the miracle that was happening as his wife moved closer to a cure, that he rewarded her oncologist by allowing him to be his guest caddy at last week's golf tournament. This move, which could have cost Mickelson thousands of dollars in purse money, was his gift to a man he knew he could never thank enough for what he had given to him.
During the final round on Sunday, Phil's wife was staying in their hotel room since she was still weak from the chemo treatments she is receiving. Phil did not know as he walked up to the 18th tee that his wife would be there.
All Phil did was smile.
He smiled to the crowds, he smiled to the TV audience, and he smiled to God.
After his last putt found the bottom of the hole, he hugged his caddy and others, then walked to the scorer's shack, where he gave the biggest smile of the whole four days.
Then he saw his wife, and, even in the midst of thousands of people, it seemed that only the two of them where there.
Starting today I am going to smile a lot more.
I am going to smile if it is nice weather or bad. I am going to smile at the driver who honks his horn at me or the driver who cuts me off. I am going to smile if I get the order or not. And when the day is done, I am going to save my biggest smile for the person who makes me complete. Then I am going to look to the heavens and give thanks for being able to smile.
Thanks Phil! God bless you and your family. And keep on smiling!
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Servant Leadership
ReplyDeleteThe phrase “Servant Leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay that he first published in 1970. In that essay, he said:
"The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions…The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Between them there are shadings and blends that are part of the infinite variety of human nature."
"The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant-first to make sure that other people’s highest priority needs are being served. The best test, and difficult to administer, is: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants? And, what is the effect on the least privileged in society? Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived?"
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Golf - Phil Mickelson
ReplyDeleteLast weekend, during the broadcast of one of the greatest golf tournaments in the world, viewers were "entertained" with the Tiger Woods show.
As soon as one golfer would hit a tee shot or make a putt, it seemed that the next view would be that of Tiger Woods.
Tiger Woods just missing a putt that would have put him in contention with the other golfers. Tiger Woods hooking his drive which showed how his time off had hurt his game. Tiger Woods trying to "respect" the game. How it seemed that the Tiger was able to put his past transgressions behind him and was able to concentrate on the job at hand. It just kept going on and on about Tiger this and Tiger that.
On the other hand, a little miracle was occurring at the Masters; one golfer just kept smiling.
He smiled if he made a good drive, or if he made a bad drive. He smiled if he made a long putt or missed a 5 foot putt. As he walked between holes, he smiled and shook hands with the crowd. He never cursed a bad stoke or blamed another person for a miss. All he did was smile.
Why would Phil Mickelson be smiling?
Here is a man whose wife has breast cancer. Here is a man whose mother has breast cancer. Here is a man who, rather than allow his wife and mother to fight this battle by themselves, took time off from the PGA tour to be with them. Here is a man that returned to the game he loved when his wife ordered him to do so. Here is man, who was so glad for the miracle that was happening as his wife moved closer to a cure, that he rewarded her oncologist by allowing him to be his guest caddy at last week's golf tournament. This move, which could have cost Mickelson thousands of dollars in purse money, was his gift to a man he knew he could never thank enough for what he had given to him.
During the final round on Sunday, Phil's wife was staying in their hotel room since she was still weak from the chemo treatments she is receiving. Phil did not know as he walked up to the 18th tee that his wife would be
there.
All Phil did was smile.
He smiled to the crowds, he smiled to the TV audience, and he smiled to God.
After his last putt found the bottom of the hole, he hugged his caddy and others, then walked to the scorer's shack, where he gave the biggest smile of the whole four days.
Then he saw his wife, and, even in the midst of thousands of people, it seemed that only the two of them where there.
Starting today I am going to smile a lot more.
I am going to smile if it is nice weather or bad. I am going to smile at the driver who honks his horn at me or the driver who cuts me off. I am going to smile if I get the order or not. And when the day is done, I am going to save my biggest smile for the person who makes me complete. Then I am going to look to the heavens and give thanks for being able to smile.
Thanks Phil! God bless you and your family. And keep on smiling!