She founded Missionaries of charity in Kolkata, India. For 45 years she was looking after the poor, sick, orphaned and dying. It was a pretty depressing job. She was a selfless servant leader who dedicated her whole life to making others lives better. Thousands of people were inspired by her servant leader behaviors followed her footprint to contribute their life to the charity.
Mother Teresa had always insisted that her followers live in the same poverty as the people they served. The prize is the reorganization of the poor world…By serving the poor I am serving Him.
The Missionaries of Charity organizaton continues to grow and attract new followers. Greenleaf, R. The servant as leader. Hi Yan, I too view Mother Teresa as a prime example of the servant leadership theory.
Her life followed all ten characteristics of a servant leader: listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, commitment to growth of people, and building community PSU WC, P3.
To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God — the rest will be given. Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them.
So, spread your love everywhere you go. Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work. I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor.
Do you know your next door neighbor? For leadership profiles of other famous Spiritual leaders, including Jesus, Buddha, and Mahatma Gandhi, check out our Spiritual Leadership Profiles section. Also check out our Leadership Profiles book series.
In each book, we study 10 influential leaders in Business, Military, Politics and Sports. Her work was noticed by many Indian officials, and they appreciated her efforts. Faithfulness is more important than the Big Dream Most leadership literature talks about having the big vision or big dream you want to achieve, but Mother Teresa focuses on faithfulness in the smallest things. Give of yourselves fully Mother Teresa gave everything she had of herself and became a world changer and a history maker.
No Greater Love Mother Teresa had one of the most profoundly moving and revolutionary interpretations of christianity. Mother Teresa Revised Edition : An Authorized Biography Author Kathryn Spink provides us with a thorough, sensitively written, and utterly inspiring biography of the woman who needs no introduction; Mother Teresa. Quotes from Mother Teresa One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. We can do no great things, only small things with great love. I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness. Peace begins with a smile. Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. If you judge people, you have no time to love them. Intense love does not measure, it just gives. The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it. Jesus said love one another.
Transformational leadership is a type of leadership style that leads to positive changes in those who follow. Such leaders are generally energetic, enthusiastic and passionate. Not only are these leaders concerned and involved in the process; they are also focused on helping every member of the group succeed as well. Mother Teresa motivated her followers to achieve the vision and mission of her association which is helping people who need help. She could influence people to transcend their personal interests for the sake of the group.
Mother Teresa was also a charismatic leader. She inspired people in the world to help the ones who need help without seeing their status or races. She spent much of her own time helping individuals in extreme need. Her personal example still serves as the model for the Missionaries of Charity. She did not have big plans which she may not have executed. Her idea was simple -- treating all her people, indeed those in need with the same dignity and respect. Mother Teresa had great listening skills.
She was also a great listener and focused a great deal on helping others grow. Humility was the greatest quality I found in the Mother. True to these words, God has indeed raised Mother high on to the pantheon of Saints. Combining in herself humility and humanity, she is a true saint-leader. Join ST's Telegram channel here and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
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