Leadership as Service Analysis and Reflection Paper

DETAILS:
The paper is 8-10 pages long. – Deductions for too short or too long.
I. Introduction: ½ – 1 page
II. Main Body of Paper: 6-8 pages
You must include the following:
 1. Theory:
o Five to seven concepts or ideas from the LDRS Class material that has impacted you and which will better your servant leadership skills now and in your future. You must only use all the course material to date. For example:
 Blanchard, et.al. (2016) The Domains of Leading like Jesus; Heart, Habits, Head, Hands. Leading Positive Change. EGOS Anonymous.
 Wilkes (1998) 7 principles; #1 Humble Your Heart, #2 First Be a Follower, #3 Find Greatness in Service, #4 Take Risks, #5 Take up the Towel, #6 Share Responsibility and Authority, and #7 Build a Team.
 Toister (2017) Understanding Service Culture and Implementing change.
 Gary Chapman’s – 5 Love Languages or Robert Greenleaf’s 10 Traits of Servant Leadership.
 Vision, Mission, Values, and Goals from both Blanchard et al, and Wilkes.
 Concepts from readings in the assigned articles from LDRS 300 that impacted you.
 Ideas or discussions from LDRS 300 lectures, DQ forums, class activities and your Group Project.
 2. Your Practical Applications:
o How will you use the 5 Servant Leadership concepts, practices, or theories you have chosen to write about now in your life or in your future career? Give examples from other sources or personal experiences.
o In what ways do you see Servant Leadership practices, concepts and theories a benefit or a hindrance to success?
o Where will you use it? Give an example.
o If you do not see a use for Servant Leadership practices, concepts or theories then explain why not.
o What makes it a challenge to use these practices, concepts or theories?
III. Conclusion: ½ -1 page
IV. References: 1 page
 You must include at least 10 references from 5 different sources in your paper.
o You MUST include references from each of the three textbooks used in this LDRS 300 class.
o Other academic sources used throughout this course are permitted but do not replace the three textbooks used in this course.
o Outside peer reviewed academic sources as well as published authors may be used to support your writing but are not to replace the three textbooks used in this course.
o However, blogs, social media outlets, Wikipedia, Buzzfeed, Dictionaries, etc. are NOT acceptable sources for references.
 Your paper will not be graded if these conditions are not met.
FORMAT:
Using APA Style (6th Edition) for paper formatting and references, pay attention to the following:
 12pt font, Times New Roman, double spaced, 1-inch margins.
 Include page numbers, references and title page.
 Use subtitles throughout paper to organize ideas use APA formatting.
 Each idea/ concept or theory you present must have a reference from the texts, lectures, powerpoints or assigned readings.