The defintion of modesty in our text book is personal humility about one's accomplishments and a profound commitment to the good of the company-is vital to leadership because it is inspiring. Greenleaf says that personal humility is also found in the idea of "servant leadership". There are many qualities that are associated with the definition of a servant leader.
1. Valuing individuals (genuine concern for others' well-being and development
2. Networking and achieving (inspirational communicator)
3. Enabling (empowers, delegates, develops potential)
4. Acting with integrity (consistent, honest, open)
5. Being accessible (approachable, in touch with others)
6. Being decisive (a risk taker)
Humility is the result of habits of mind and habits of character that are then realized fully in authentic communicative performance.
I think that in order to live a successful and prosperous life, modesty is the answer. The reason I believe this is because walking around with too much pride will only get yourself into trouble. I've seen this first hand and my manager is an example. He is only 26 years old and aleady a branch manager. Having so much pride kills him because he does not accept failure, which is fine, but it does get him into trouble. Having a "cocky" attitude just because you're a young branch manager doesnt get you anywhere except to the bottom of the list. I've seen people close accounts just because of the cocky attitude one person can give you. Just being humble and happy is also the key to success. Not having so much pride on your shoulders will get you farther than you expect (in my opinion of course).
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Sarah- I defenitely agree with you when you mention that "having too much pride" is something that can hurt you in the end. If you view my blog, you will notice that I to had a manager that was very cocky. This manager that I had years ago thought he was the best of the best, but all the other employees thought otherwise. This guy was creepy, he would even try and flirt with the female employees. One day I came back from vacation and found out that the guy got fired because many of the female employees complained about how he treated them. Why can't people just take their job seriouly? Many feel that just because they have the upper hand they could do whatever they want. So, as you mention Sarah, "just being humble and happy is also the key to success." I also believe this to be true.
As I was reading this, one person came to mind. One of my co-supervisors was promoted and the power went straight to his head- he became incredibly cocky, and people lost a lot of respect for him.
As a team member, he was nice and everyone liked him. As a supervisor, his pride got in the way. He ordered people around, started doing other supervisors' jobs...modesty is definitely a necessary quality of a great leader.
Hi Sarah, I agree with your take about the cocky behavior being a negative one for managers. I was talking to someone last week about the mentality students develop when they are in business school. Many people leave business school ready to be a successful leader/manager. Productivity and profit are the main words in their ideology. These can be beneficial for business in start up stages, but is not so good to keep fidelity from its customers.
I think you manager might think he is doing the right thing. We are having this opportunity to learn about different communication and leadership styles. I think he might need to be present with similar texts. It might help him being more humble.
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