cohort vii “service” the space cadets kathy alexander lynda daley barsch marie britt-sharpe...
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Cohort VII “Service”
• The Space Cadets• Kathy Alexander
• Lynda Daley Barsch
• Marie Britt-Sharpe
• Khristian E. Kay
• Anthony Shafer
Service
• The more you give, the more you get back
• Expenditure of resources
• Lots of customer service
• Sense of mission
• Raise humanity to an increased level
• Needs to be genuine (true to self)
• Internal, as opposed to external development
• Comes from the heart
• Outward vs. inward directed
• Is a way to make a difference
• Empathy, listening, caring
• Robert Greenleaf author of servant leadership
• Positive power of service learning
• Paradigm shift to service learning their own wealth vs. grant writing
• Must enjoy working with others
• Values diversity
• Is provided to enhance the quality of life
What I know:Service
The more you give,The more you get back.
Expenditure of resources
Lots of customer service …
Sense of mission.
Raise humanity to an increased level
Comes from the heart
Needs to be genuine (true to self)
Internal as opposed to external
Outward vs. inward
Is a way to make a difference.
EmpathyListening
Caring
Positive power
Paradigm shift
Values diversity
is provided to enhance the quality of life
• How to better balance life
• Why some people serve and not others?
• How can I (we) get more people to do service?
• Big Picture
• How to motivate people to do service?
• Types of service
• How to make ordinary work service?
• How to make service ordinary work
• How to help people see intrinsic vs. financial gain?
• How to motivate the individual
• How to motivate volunteers
• When to offer service
• Who are other authors that will help us to grow with the concept of “serving” with a purpose filled heart, not just mind?
• How to best implement service learning?
• How to say “no”
• How to be a servant to yourself.
What I want to know:Service
Help us to grow with the concept of serving with a purpose filled heart, not just mind
How to better balance life?
How can I (we) get more people to do service?
Hot to motivate volunteers
How to make service ordinary work
How to help people see intrinsic vs. financial gain
Why do some serve and not others?
(true to self)
How to make ordinary work service
How to say noHow to motivate people to do service
How to be a servant to one’s self
Big Picture
Types of service
How do I lead?
When to offer service
How to best serve the individual
What is Service?
The means but rather the journey
Passionless
Individualistic Empowerment
A four letter word
Confined to written laws
Complacent
Humorless
“doing what is right regardless of
the status quo”
The status quo
The destination but rather the experience
Systematic scholarship
Color blind nor sugar coated
Controllable Directionless
Acceptance
Timid
Power
The natural order of things
Linear Rewarding
(vs. self-rewarding)
Without conflict
Necessarily measurable
Hard to start but is hard to sustain
Service is not…
What is “Servant / Service Leadership?”
Why share the “Big
Picture?”
Why involve others?
How does servant leadership
Develop People?
How does service create an environment of success?
What motivates servant leaders?
How is “credit“ &
information shared?
Inserts humanism in leadership
Motivated by desire to serve others
Sensitive to what motivates others and empowers all to win with shared goals and
vision
What motivates servant leaders?
Shared generously for
future participation
and individual growth.
How is “credit“ & information shared?
Buy-in and intrinsic motivation for extrinsic
needs
Why share the “Big
Picture?”
Creates collaboration and interdependency.
Creates trust and breaks down hierarchy.
Why involve others?
Share the power!
Makes learning safe.
Trust on all levels.
Accountability.
Building a community.
How does servant leadership create an
environment of success?
Assisting people on their journey of involvement and enlightenment.
How does servant leadership develop people?
If service is to assist or benefit others, how do we know we have served?
What can our work do for
others?
What is my mission, why am I here and who am I
helping?Alfred Rameriz
Operate with a
sense of urgency
Jeanette Mitchell
Don’t confuse effort with
resultGeneva Johnson
Do something that countsWilliam Shore
Service appeals to our …
Core Values
“Those aspects of life you hold dear.” (Buckingham & Coffman) “Values guide the choices you make in the future.” (Buckingham & Coffman) “Listen to that whispering voice within.” (Hesselbein) “Those things that grab me, drive me!” (Peterson) “Recognizes your passion, and passing it on.” (Johnson)
Service appeals to our …
Basic Human Needs
“We all have a need to do something that counts, not only something that makes a difference, but that has a lasting impact” (Shore)
“Instincts, primal and fundamental to our species, to leave something behind, to make ourselves count.” (Shore)
Service is inspired by …
Random Triggering Events
“Catalytic occurrences that push you to cross the line from concerned to committed, from talk to action, from individual expression to an organized action.” (Petersmeyer) “An internal event, learning something new about your own unique ability to contribute to a solution.” (Petersmeyer)
Service is inspired by …
Defining Moments
“Those life changing, life shifting moments.” (Ramirez)
“Asking why are you on this earth?” (Ramirez)
Service is fueled by …
Caring Actions
“Energized by the knowledge that we are all in this together, the fate of others has implications for our own fate.” (Palmer) “You must be the change you want to see.” (Johnson)
Service is fueled by …
Expressive Acts
“Ones taken to express a conviction, a truth that is within me.” (Palmer)
“Everyone is called!” (Lyons)
How can we inspire service in others?
ModelingPath finding attitudes
Aligning supportsEmpowering
How can we inspire service in others?
Modeling
“Am I a model of service?” (Covey) “How can I be a more visible model of service?” (Covey) “Your playing small, doesn’t play well for the world?” (Mandela)
How can we inspire service in others?
Path Finding Attitudes
“Have I created a vision on how can I make a meaningful contribution to those in need?” (Covey) “How can I be more clear in sharing my vision?” (Covey) “My deepest belief is that only by giving our lives, do we find life.” (Shore)
How can we inspire service in others?
Aligning supports
“Is my service supported?” (Covey) “How can I align the priorities and structures of my life to better support my service?” (Covey) “Service is, can be a self care!” (Mitchell)
How can we inspire service in others?
Empowering
“Do I empower others to serve?” (Covey) “How can I ignite that fire within the individual that will unleash the talent, creativity, and ingenuity to do whatever is necessary to accomplish the mission?” (Covey)
•All of us are here because we want more out of our lives
•What was missing was probably not related to prestige or money
•We are hoping that the doctoral program experience invests our lives with meaning
•This meaning, for many, if not all of us, is connected with a spirituality closely related to…
Service, Spirituality, & the Creation of MeaningWhy did you get up this morning and come to
Cardinal Stritch these past two weeks?
Service ..
“People who are quick at learning, have good memories, and are astute and smart and so on, tend—as you know—not to combine both energy and broadness of mental vision with the ability to live an orderly, peaceful, and stable life. Instead, their quickness carries them this way and that, and stability plays no part at all in their lives.”
As Plato Said…As Plato Said…
Service ..“Yet surely it would be thought better, or rather necessary (above all for philosophers) to refute,
in defense of the truth, even views to which one is attached: since although both are dear, it is right to give preference to the truth.”
Service ..
When considering service we must…
•See it as a valid academic pursuit
•Open our mind to non-traditional definitions of service
•Examine ourselves in relation to service
Service ..
• Our students, teachers, employees, colleagues, and families will feel better and perform at a higher level when they see their work and lives as meaningful
•We also will feel better and perform better when we see our lives as meaningful
•One strategy through which we create meaning is to serve our fellow human beings in an attempt to positively transform our planet and existence.
As servant leaders we must remember that…
Service ..
And…
“Lofty words do not make a man just or holy; but a good life makes him dear to God. I would far rather be able to feel contrition then be able to define it.” Thomas A Kempis
“Tell me, where are now all those Masters and Doctors whom you knew so well in their lifetime in the full
flower of their learning? Other men sit in their seats, and they are hardly ever called to mind. In their lifetime
they seemed of great account, but now no one speaks of them.”
Service .. • People who “know a lot” and appear wise are often unsatisfied with their lives
•These people sometimes take action to add meaning to their existences
•These actions naturally incline themselves to service
•When we want to add meaning to our lives, our first impulse is often to help others
In other words…
Service ..
•We could learn a lot of challenging academic material, but if we don’t connect the material to meaning and spirituality, we could leave this program not far from where we started.
What should you keep in mind about service as you progress through this program?
Service ..
•Service is the bridge between the program’s academic material and the creation of personal meaning and spirituality
What should you keep in mind about service as you progress through this program?
Service ..
•The service we live can create meaning and spirituality in others
•The service we live can bring peace and energy to ourselves
What should you keep in mind about service as you progress through this program?
Service ..
You will know exactly why you get up in the morning. “We should probably be content if all the means that are supposed to make us good enables us to attain some portion of goodness.”
Aristotle
So…in other words…
"You are never given a wish without also
being given the power to make it
come true"Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being
true.
Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If
you're alive, it isn't
there is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose
for living is to find that perfection and show it forth
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time
like dew on the tip of a leaf.