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 Servant Leadership

 Week 9 - Patience

 I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Vince Lombardi

What is Patience?

Patience to the Servant-Leader should imply an active pursuit of excellence in the face of unrealized goals and expectations. The Servant-leader must model determination and persistence in times of struggle.

 

“Be quick, but don’t be in a hurry”.---Coach Wooden

Assignments for Week 9

Directions:

1. Read: What is Patience?

2. Read: Lesson 9 Perspective.

3. Do Readings - all four of them.

4.  Watch Video

5.  Do Multiple Choice Questions

6.  Do Assessment

 

Lesson 9 Perspective:

As Coach Wooden has said, “You must condition your team to love the struggle”. Patience, determination, and persistence all require the leader to acknowledge the reasons for failure, and place the burden of corrective action on the shoulders of the leader. The amount of change required and the rate of change to effect will vary greatly. A patient leader will know when and how to apply both.

 

Pictures on this page courtesy of Bruce Matthews

Readings:

1. Read:  One Action at a Time---Robert K. Greenleaf. 

2. Read:  James C. Hunter

3, Readings:  Read Homer Rice

4. Readings: Read Wooden on Leadership.

 

Multiple Choice Questions - Lesson 9 

1. Dr. Rice describes the “Attitude Technique” in the reading from Leadership Fitness. According to Dr. Rice, the “program” will enable you and your team to:

1A. Win the State Championship

1B. Discover who your best players are.

1C. Hang on, never lose composure, and strive for excellence, even through the darkest moments.

1D. Become self-disciplined.

Video Clip

Watch the Video on John Tyler versus Plano East from 1994

 

2. Coach Wooden in the reading on Adversity states that it is the leader’s responsibility to:

2A. Be singled out for testing

2B. To always move forward with optimism and determination---pressing on with enthusiasm regardless of the circumstances.

2C. Prevent adversity from happening.

2D. Understand that fate is out of their control.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. In the Greenleaf reading, Thomas Jefferson displayed patience, determination, and persistence by:

3A. Resolving to be his own person; making his way toward his goal---one action at a time---resolving a great deal of frustration along the way.

3B. Writing 150 statutes for the government.

3C. Making many trips to the legislature to present his statutes.

3D. Eventually becoming ambassador to France.

 

4. James Hunter describes patience in the context of self-control. Hunter believes that patience requires great discipline. Discipline to Hunter means:

4A. Train or teach the individual to respond appropriately to adversity.

4B. Punishing transgressions quickly and decisively.

4C. Modeling good behavior by the leader.

4D. Holding people accountable.

 

 

5. According to Dr. Rice, most people and teams fail because:

5A. The coach is too impatient

5B. The players don’t train hard enough

5C. The players don’t do what they should do “off the field”.

5D. Ninety percent of people fail to apply themselves fully to reaching their goals leaving the field wide open for those who do.

 

Assessment 9: 

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

Click here for lesson 10.