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Lydia Wray
BUSI 690
Liberty University
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Discussion Board Forum 1: Response 2
Tara thank you very much for your insightful and honest response to how you believe
leaders can be successful by being humble. Understanding that there are positive and negative
traits to any given leader shows that each one makes their own choices on which they would
want to me. I agree with you that it is not possible for every leader to have the answer to every
question. It is within the leader’s job to try to work with his team and employees to see which
option is best suited for their company and how they would want to go about this. Having this
trait of humility shows that the leader is not just focused on him or herself but that they also care
and empathize with their employees on what their ideas are rather than focusing on their own.
The expressed humility construct reflects the interpersonal nature of humility and
comprises three dimensions: (1) showing a willingness to evaluate oneself without
positive or negative exaggeration; (2) showing appreciation for the unique
strengths and contributions of others; and (3) showing openness to new ideas,
feedback, and advice (teachability) (Rego, Owens, Leal, Melo, e Cunha,
Gonçalves & Ribeiro, 2017, paragraph 9).
The one statement that stood out to me the most was that “a successful or great leader
may not be running a Fortune 500 company. Often, the best leaders are operating a small or
medium-sized company” (Smith, 2018, paragraph 3). Not all successful leaders are CEO’s or
major companies but rather mangers or higher leaders of smaller companies, that way they can
work closely with their employees to provide the best products that each manufacture to their
clients or consumers. Hebrews 13:17 proclaims to “obey your leaders and submit to them, for
they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do
this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you” (ESV). If
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employees work with their leaders rather than against then everyone can have a better working
relationship and environment.
Rego et al. (2017) make a great statement that “leader-expressed humility refers
to the three behavioral dimensions of (1) admitting mistakes and limitations, (2) spotlighting
team members' strengths and deflecting praise to others, and (3) being teachable” (paragraph 3).
In addition, Ou, Tsui, Kinicki, Waldman, Xiao & Song (2014) statement adds to this by affirming
that “through reflective consciousness, humility is associated with open-mindedness and
willingness to learn from others” (p. 38). Having humility allows the leader to actually put their
employees first of their ideas and thoughts and work towards one goal. If a humble leader
follows and trust Jesus’ will and ways, they can do great things for their people and also for
themselves. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more
significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the
interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though
he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied
himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men (Philippians 2:3-7,
ESV).
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References
Ou, A. Y., Tsui, A. S., Kinicki, A. J., Waldman, D. A., Xiao, Z., & Song, L. J. (2014). Humble
chief executive officers’ connections to top management team integration and middle
managers’ responses. Administrative Science Quarterly, 59(1), 34-72. Retrieved from
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0001839213520131
Rego, A., Owens, B., Leal, S., Melo, A. I., e Cunha, M. P., Gonçalves, L., & Ribeiro, P. (2017).
How leader humility helps teams to be humbler, psychologically stronger, and more
effective: A moderated mediation model. The Leadership Quarterly, 28(5), 639-658.
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Smith, T. (3 April 2018). Thread: DB Forum 1. Liberty University BUSI 690
