Servant Leadership

 Week 10 - Empathy, Compassion, and Final Thoughts of Servant Leadership

What is Empathy and its role in Servant Leadership?

Empathy is the ability to relate to, to become at one with, to appreciate, to understand and to love another.  This perspective is essential to being a servant leader. 

Assignments for Week 10

Directions: This lesson had two different parts.  We wanted to leave you with some thoughts about the importance of empathy and then place that into perspective as you make your journey into and through Servant Leadership.

1. Read:  What is Empathy?

2.  Read: Lesson 10 Perspective

3. Do All Readings

4. Watch Video

5. Do Multiple Choice Questions

6. Do Assessment 10

Lesson 10 Perspective:

This lesson has two different parts.  We wanted to leave you with some thoughts about the importance of empathy and then place that into perspective as you make your journey into and through Servant Leadership. What is needed to practicality apply servant leadership to your coaching?

Readings:

Reading 1: How Empathy Can Reduce Your Anger
From: http://www.coaching.hereinmaine.com/20596.php

Reading 2: Three Hidden Qualities of Great Leaders
http://mentodayonline.com/workplace/leader.html

Reading 3: Joe Gibbs and the development of empathy - a true story as told by Mark Schlereth and Eric Yarber.

Reading 4:  Wooden, "What am I?"

Reading 5: Joe Ehrmann, Seasons of Life

Reading 6: Tony Dungy, Lessons to learn

Reading 7: Hayes, Where the Game Stands Tall
 

Multiple Choice Questions - Lesson  10

1. When Coach Lad took the job at De La Salle his goal was:

1a. To establish discipline

1b. To develop a strong strength and conditioning program

1c. To establish a desire for excellence and a spirit for achievement that he would model for the team.

1d. To build a dynasty.

Video Clip:

Empathy comes in many forms, click here for an example of perseverance and empathy. 

Wooden Video; On Being a Coach, Click Here  When on Coach's site, click into Favorite Maxims at top menu, scroll down to On Being A Coach today and listen to Coach's Wisdom.

Wooden Video: Never Stressed Winning: Click Here  When on Coach's site, click into Favorite Maxims at top menu, scroll down to Never Stressed Winning and listen to Coach's Wisdom.

2. The mission of the Gilman football program - Seasons of Life -  is:

2a. To connect with boys and teach them how to become men who will adopt a code of conduct that is built around excellence.

2b. To love each other.

2c. To provide a team experience in which all can contribute

2d. To heal the problems that plague society today.

3. Coach Wooden’s mission as he described it in the reading was:

3a. To develop balance

3b. To help others to achieve their own greatness by helping the organization to succeed.

3c. To be a good teacher

3d. To help other coaches win the national championship.

4. Coach Wooden’s mission as described in the video ‘On Being a Coach Today’ was:

4a. Show the players that you care for them more than just for what they are doing for you.

4b. Establishing success through practice.

4c. Winning a National Championship

4d. Establishing a culture of values.

5a. To establish winning as a national by product of excellence.

5b. Establish the journey as being better than the end.

5c. Establish a real rapport with the players that will last long after they are gone.

5d. Establish practice routines that are fun.

Assessment 10: 

Click Here for Lesson Ten Assessment.

Contact: Dr. Stoll at servantleader@uidaho.edu when you have completed the above.  Congratulations on finishing the servant leadership CEU through the University of Idaho.