about this project
This project looks to promote servant leadership in law enforcement by incorporating Robert Greenleaf’s Servant-Leadership philosophies into law enforcement organizations. This will be achieved by presenting the dimensions of servant leadership and examining the ten traits of servant leadership to define law enforcement service and suggesting how those dimensions and traits can be applied to expand the law enforcement officer’s calling to serve.
I hope to help officers to recognize the benefits of resiliency gained through the power of servant leadership; hopefully, bringing focus to their purpose and the calling to serve will help them to know they are doing the right things for all of the right reasons.
I will present the dimensions of servant-leadership, helping the user to discover and understand the “Why? How? What?” of servant-leadership. Understanding the “Why” defines our motives and intentions regarding why we serve. As part of the “Why,” providing an introduction about team theories and how teams work together, I hope to help users understand how beginning to care less about themselves and more about the “team” can help them become better servants.
Understanding the “How” will help users examine how they conduct themselves and help them to enhance their awareness, presence, availability, empathy, listening, intuition, and foresight. These traits can be enhanced by gaining an understanding of how to strengthen their resiliency.
Examining the “What” in servant leadership as it relates to law enforcement will help officers to understand the overall goal and purpose of their service - promoting a safer, more meaningful community for those they serve, encouraging social equity among the members of their community, and consistently behaving in a manner which exhibits balance and fairness.
Servant leadership tenants were taught in many of my Gonzaga courses, and I intend to use information gained through all of my experiences to present the ten traits of servant leadership (listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of people, and building community) and how they relate to law enforcement.
I hope to measure the project’s success through the use of a brief survey tool. I also hope to measure the effectiveness of the information through the use of a blogging tool which will encourage conversation and demonstrate comprehension of the information. Hopefully, users will post examples of how they applied techniques with success.
The sight itself will be a reflection of my own spirit, experience, and passion. I have been called.
I hope to help officers to recognize the benefits of resiliency gained through the power of servant leadership; hopefully, bringing focus to their purpose and the calling to serve will help them to know they are doing the right things for all of the right reasons.
I will present the dimensions of servant-leadership, helping the user to discover and understand the “Why? How? What?” of servant-leadership. Understanding the “Why” defines our motives and intentions regarding why we serve. As part of the “Why,” providing an introduction about team theories and how teams work together, I hope to help users understand how beginning to care less about themselves and more about the “team” can help them become better servants.
Understanding the “How” will help users examine how they conduct themselves and help them to enhance their awareness, presence, availability, empathy, listening, intuition, and foresight. These traits can be enhanced by gaining an understanding of how to strengthen their resiliency.
Examining the “What” in servant leadership as it relates to law enforcement will help officers to understand the overall goal and purpose of their service - promoting a safer, more meaningful community for those they serve, encouraging social equity among the members of their community, and consistently behaving in a manner which exhibits balance and fairness.
Servant leadership tenants were taught in many of my Gonzaga courses, and I intend to use information gained through all of my experiences to present the ten traits of servant leadership (listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to the growth of people, and building community) and how they relate to law enforcement.
I hope to measure the project’s success through the use of a brief survey tool. I also hope to measure the effectiveness of the information through the use of a blogging tool which will encourage conversation and demonstrate comprehension of the information. Hopefully, users will post examples of how they applied techniques with success.
The sight itself will be a reflection of my own spirit, experience, and passion. I have been called.
© 2015 by Kim Edmondson, MA Organizational Leadership - Gonzaga University