Global Community and the Growth Mindset
From the Servant Leadership: Serve to Be Great Blog
by Cameron McGaughy,
Catalin Dogaru, Mike Frenette, Tolga Özel, Suzan Cho, Jonathan Lee, Graham Briggs, Cecilia Boggi
This blog is about leadership as it applies to projects and project management, but also as it applies to society in general. The bloggers here manage projects and lead teams in both business and volunteer environments, and are all graduates of PMI's Leadership Institute Master Class. We hope to bring insight into the challenges we all experience in our projects and in our day-to-day work, providing helpful tidbits to inspire you to take action to improve—whether in your personal life, your business/work life or on your projects. Read, comment and share your experiences as we share ours. Let’s make the pie bigger! Grab a slice!
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I believe we are all leaders in our lives, as everything is relative in the universe. Leaders take initiatives and require no title. My experience has been that the servant leadership philosophy is integral and works well with different leadership styles. In my search, I realized it is critical for us to be connected to a trusting, supporting community in order to grow and continue to explore.
To be heard, and more importantly, to actively listen are keys to leading effectively as everyone has values to contribute. Servant leadership focuses on the big picture, work collaboratively and act in the benefit of others. If all the people we serve become better persons as a result, then we are leaders.
Life is a collection of special moments that shape our experiences. By virtue of action or inaction, the truth is that leadership is part of the problem/puzzle or success. I long for the nexus effect and have high hope that if we try, we will create synergies that connect multiple groups to the center of the matter for meaningful and memorable experiences in life.
I am very grateful to be part of this global project management community. I am an active volunteer with PMI because I believe in the project management impact for the world. Project/Program/Portfolio Leadership and Management are core competencies that have a positive influence on the business results and society.
Servant Leadership is a lifelong journey that will take us on incredible adventures. In the spirit of sharing, I invite you to explore the links below in case you have not come across these excellent resources. Please join us in the servant leadership journey! Namaste.
Focus on Servant Leadership
http://www.slideshare.net/trisetyawati/servant-leadership-1759355
Lead Humbly – The Path of Servant Leadership, by Lindy Ryan
http://www.slideshare.net/thumbelindy/lead-humbly-the-path-of-servant-leadership-28089696
P.S. Hearty congratulations to my fellow PMI 2015 LIMC Graduates!! It’s been such a wonderful gift and special blessing to be part of this fantastic community in the awesome yearlong leadership master class journey! Thanks so much for all your strong support and inspiration!!
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Mike Frenette
Manager, IT PMO| Halifax Water (retired)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Suzan - you have taken the first step in your blog journey. Or is it the first jump into virtual leadership?
Congratulations on this next step in your continuing servant leadership journey! Everyone here will benefit greatly from your philosophy!
Hi Mike, Thanks so much for leading the way and for setting up the process! This blog was written before our graduation and I really appreciate all your expert guidance.
As Lao Tzu said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". So glad to take the jump and many thanks for the encouragement!
Andreia Reis
PMO Coordenator| Adimax Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos
Mairinque, São Paulo, Brazil
Hi, Susan! Thanks for sharing this great article ,I think that the success of the good leadership are the people (Team), a leader can't work alone. In my life I try act in this way.
Love it this phase
"Life is a collection of special moments that shape our experiences. By virtue of action or inaction, the truth is that leadership is part of the problem/puzzle or success"
Congratulation
Jonathan Lee
Agile Project Management Coach| Riics, Inc.
Chicago, Il, United States
Suzan, thanks for sharing your thoughts and perspectives with us. And those two links to servant leadership were great! Much appreciated. Let's keep on walking!
Kevin Raney
Project Manager| Duke University Health Systems
Eugene, OR, United States
Thank you Suzan, namaste :)
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