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Trust and leadership go hand and hand in an organization. You cannot have effective leadership if people do not trust one another. The following attachment is developed by a consultant I have worked with Rob Fleischer. Using the work of Jim Collins (How the Mighty Fall?), Fleischer has taken what Collins highlights as activities that occur when a company is on the way down to what can happen to any organization or department that has ineffective leadership.

This list of signs provides can help clearly identify when someone is an effective or in-effective leader. I would like hear your reactions to this list? Have you worked for an effective or in-effective leader in the past? Present?

Research a servant leadership organization of your choice or one of the organizations listed on the "Individual and Corporate Servant Leaders" handout in the Topic Materials. Selections do not need to be limited to businesses. Entities such as hospitals or educational institutions are also acceptable. In a 750-1000 word paper, address the following.

Provide a summary of how the organization implements the principles of servant leadership in the way it interacts with or provide service to customers, hires and manages employees, and models its operations and policies.

Discuss specific commitments the organization makes to stakeholders and how implementing servant leadership affects not only the organization, but also the community and the common good.

Knowing that most organizations do not function with the principles of servant leadership as part of their operations, discuss how the concepts and behaviors associated with servant leadership might be a source of conflict or might create operational challenges within the organization. Provide examples to support your ideas and discuss specific ways the organization's leader has addressed these challenges.

What do you see as the greatest benefits for organizations that adopt the principles of servant leadership as their operational model? Provide specific examples to justify your opinions.

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What do you consider your own strengths and weaknesses for leadership? What do you see as the leader's role in motivating others in an organization? In what organization do you think your leadership style would be most effective? In what organization would it be least effective?