The Servant Leadership Role: A Hero with A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

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Introduction Reference Summary While exploring my personal leadership I used a variety of books, research articles and assessments. The books were used to cover servant leaders, agile development and organizational learning. In addition to the books used for research I reviewed several articles on both servant leadership and agile development where I was able to being to piece together each methodology. Since I am a huge of assessments, the research was personal assessment heavy with all of the educational and professional assessments I have participated in over the last few years. It is very important for me to see where I fall as an employee, person and leader and make connections to current theories, which then in turn become practice for me in my career. The following assessments provided insight into my current and future leadership styles: • Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (CPP, Inc., 1990, 1998, 2005) • Emotional Intelligence / Leadership Development Report (PRADCO, 2005) • Strengthsfinder 2.0 (GALLUP, 2000, 2006-2012) • The Achiever (Candidate Resources, Inc., 1999-2013) • The Birkman (Birkman International, 2011) Road Map This leadership paper will explore the Servant leadership role and connect it with the Agile Development Scrum Master methodology. It will demonstrate the leader that exists today through assessments and describe my leadership aspirations as a Scrum Master, future adjunct faculty and project manager. In addition, the paper will communicate the history of Medical Mutual as well as outline the company’s current organizational expectations and future objectives for leaders. I will also explain my 10-year leadership development plan which involves developing an agile team, being g... ... middle of paper ... ...hey, J. (2013). A Systematic Literature Review of Servant Leadership Theory in Organizational Contexts. Journal Of Business Ethics, 113(3), 377-393. doi:10.1007/s10551-012-1322-6 PRADCO. (2005). Emotional Intelligence / Leadership Development Report [Measurement Tool]. Retrieved from www.pradco.com. Reed, L., Vidaver-Cohen, D., & Colwell, S. (2011). A New Scale to Measure Executive Servant Leadership: Development, Analysis, and Implications for Research. Journal Of Business Ethics, 101(3), 415-434. doi:10.1007/s10551-010-0729-1 Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. What is Servant Leadership? Retrieved March 27, 2014. https://greenleaf.org/what-is-servant-leadership/ Rubin, K. S. (2013). Essential Scrum. Upper Saddle River. Pearson Education, Inc. Senge, P. M. (1990, 2006). The Fifth Discipline. New York. Currency Double Day.

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