Coach Michele

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Coach Micheles Group Coaching

• May 17, 2011

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Todays Topic

• Techniques Servant Leadership
• Coach as Servant Leader, and Servant Leader as
  Coach!

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Genesis of Todays Topic

• Noticed a beautiful lion beside me in my dream
  last night
• This morning decided to talk about servant
  leadership tonight
• Later read about the Lion as the noble king Lion
  teaches leadership amidst cooperation

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Definition

• Servant leadership is a philosophy and practice
  of leadership, coined and defined by Robert
  Greenleaf and supported by many leadership and
  management writers such as James Autry, Ken
  Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Peter Block, Peter
  Senge, Max DePree, Scott Greenberg, Larry Spears,
  Margaret Wheatley, James C. Hunter, Kent Keith,
  Ken Jennings, Don Frick and others.
  Servant-leaders achieve results for their
  organizations by giving priority attention to the
  needs of their colleagues and those they serve.
  Servant-leaders are often seen as humble stewards
  of their organization's resources (human,
  financial and physical) (wikipedia)

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More On Servant Leaders

• Servant Leaders
• believe they have a higher calling.
• devote themselves to serving the needs of others.
• focus on meeting the needs of those they lead.
• inspire personal growth in themselves and others.
• listen and build a sense of community.
• treat others as they would like to be treated.

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Initial Discussion

• Does the idea of having more servant leaders
  leading organizations in our society excite you?
  Why?
• Why would the concept and practice of servant
  leadership emerge at this time in our development?

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Paradigm Shift

• Greenleaf believed that institutions should serve
  people. He also felt that he was on the threshold
  of an important historical moment, of a paradigm
  shift in the collective American response to
  formal authority

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A Changing View of Power

• "A fresh critical look is being taken at the
  issues of power and authority, and people are
  beginning to learn, however haltingly, to relate
  to one another in less coercive and more
  creatively supporting ways. A new moral principle
  is emerging, which holds that the only authority
  deserving of ones allegiance is that which is
  freely and knowingly granted by the led to the
  leader in response to, and in proportion to, the
  clearly evident servant stature of the leader.
  Those who choose to follow this principle will
  not casually accept the authority of existing
  institutions. Rather, they will freely respond
  only to individuals who are chosen as leaders
  because they are proven and trusted as servants.
  To the extent that this principle prevails in the
  future, the only truly viable institutions will
  be those that are predominantly servant led"
  Greenleaf2

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10 Characteristics of a Servant Leader

• Listening (whole self, mind, body, spirit
  listening)
• Empathy
• Healing (healing of ones self and others)
• Awareness (holistic awareness of self and
  environment)
• Persuasion (not coercion)
• Conceptualization (guided by a vision)
• Foresight
• Stewardship (obligation to help and serve others)
• Commitment to the growth of people
• Building community

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Discussion 10 Characteristics

• What do we think of these 10 characteristics?
• Do we see some similarities between the
  characteristics of a servant leader and of a
  coach (the coach as a whole, not necessarily the
  coach when coaching)?

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A Spiritual Definition of Coaching

• From the book, Spiritual Growth by Sanaya Roman
• Chapter Enlightenment Through Service
• Shifting consciousness is an important aspect of
  your world service. You shift consciousness by
  empowering people. People make changes when they
  have new insights and perceptions. They make
  changes when someone reaches them at the deepest
  part of their being and touches them with love.
  True service comeswhen you feel your equality,
  recognize the other persons divinity and act in
  a way that empowers him or her.

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Final Discussion

• What do we think of the idea of coach as world
  server?
• How can we compare and contrast the servant
  leader and the coach?
• What are our take aways?

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Next Session

• Next SessionTuesday, May 24, 2011
• Mastery