Shaylin's Blog

6. The supplemental video talks about leadership from the perspective of an ethical perspective. Can you relate this video to our ideas for the week about new ways of listening and interacting with stakeholders? Would the new technologies be effective at communicating this sort of leadership style?       In the supplemental video, Desmond Tutu stresses that a good leader is not just a leader, but also is a servant to those that he or she serves. He states many times that a good leader is not in it for their own good and self-gratification, but they lead for the good of others, especially those that they lead. Another thing that Tutu notes is that a good leader leads in a sacrificial way and may sometimes have to endure some suffering. In other words, when a leader leads they are not putting themselves as a top priority. The people come first. If that means that they have to make sacrifices themselves and suffer for the sake of the people, then they will do just that. ...

Hello everyone! My name is Shaylin Brown. I'm from a small town in Louisiana called Sunset (I'm sure none of you have heard of it). I graduated from the University of Louisiana in Lafayette in 2015 with a bachelors in Sociology and a minor in Psychology. I started working as a Support Coordinator for those with developmental disabilities right out of college and am currently still holding this position. This job has been both rewarding and stressful. I began graduate school at Bellevue University in 2016, pursuing a masters in human services, but after only taking two classes I quickly realized that it was not the path I wanted to take. So, I switched my major and began pursuing my masters in Business and Professional Communications. So far it has been going good. I'm excited about the start of this class. It seems that it will be very interesting. I wish you all much success this term!