Servant Leadership

 Week  8- Humility

What is Humility?

Humility is defined as 'being authentic, without pretense, not arrogant or boastful." From James Hunter, The Servant, p. 110.

Assignments for Week

Directions:

1. Read:  What is Humility?

2.  Read:  Lesson 8 Perspective.

3.   Readings:  College Football An Unconventional Tradition of Success:

4.  Readings/Video - InVALUEable

5.  Read:  Humility/The Servant

6.  Read: Wooden on Humility

7. View Video: John Gagliardi

8. Do Multiple Choice Questions.

9. Do Assessment.

Lesson 8 Perspective:

Lesson 8 is about the importance of controlling one's own ego and championing the cause of humility - but humility here has to do not with being meek, but rather of being strong in servant leadership.

Readings:

College Football: an Unconventional Tradition of Success (Click Here)

InVALUEable, Click Here -- Tony Dungy  Read and watch the video of Sharing the Victory on the site.

Humility - The Servant

Wooden on Leadership - Humility

Multiple Choice Questions - Lesson  8

1. Coach Wooden advises us to never stop:

a. Practicing our schemes until we can execute them perfectly.

b. Always be in touch with what other coaches are doing, so we may stay a step ahead of the game.

c. Never stop listening and learning.

d. Use your experience to create opportunities for success for your team

Video

Click Here: John Gagliardi

a. Be quiet and considerate to others when leading them.

b. Think of themselves less and not less of themselves.

c. Be timid often in decision making, for it is never wise to rush into any decision.

d. Let the flow take it’s own course when leading a group.

3. John Gagliardi of St. John’s University coaches in a different manner than most in our profession. His famous list of  ‘No’s’ is designed to:

a. Prevent injuries.

b. Promote respect and responsibility in the players through the development of autonomous action in the players.

c. Make practice easier for the players.

d. Encourage players to want to play for St. John’s

Pictures on this page courtesy of Bruce Matthews.

4. Coach Dungy speaks about serving and leadership in the article/video from “Sharing the Victory”. From this perspective, what is the primary role of the coach? 

a. Help everyone do their job as well as they can.

b. Earn people’s trust and respect.

c. Show the players that you are there to help them.

d. Give all you have to everyone that you lead.

e. All of the above.

5. From the article “An Unconventional Tradition of Success”, which phrase best describes the humility shown by Coach Gaglardi.

a. ”A whistle is like raising my voice. The players get my drift with normal tones”.

b. “He looks so casual, so stoic out there”.

c. “I’ve never really thought about goals, or how many games my teams can win”.

d. “It’s ordinary people doing ordinary things in an extraordinary way”.

Assessment 8: 

Click Here for Lesson Eight Assessment. Follow the directions for access and completion of assessment. 

Click here for Lesson 9.