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Harmony-Wisdom and Soft-Listening

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Servant Leadership

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  • John H. Horsman

    (Gonzaga University)

  • Debra K. Heiser

    (Lead Your Life with Debbie Heiser)

  • Christine K. Hassing

    (ChristineHassing.com)

  • Diana L. Steer

    (Occupational Therapist)

  • Lopez Sergio

    (Loyola Marymount University)

  • Adam L. Gierlach

    (Adam Gierlach Coaching)

Abstract

Harmony and wisdom become more than abstract ideals when they are experienced and observed. Harmony and wisdom emerged as practical values from 5 years of observation facilitating 4-day graduate course immersions focused on developing pathfinding-foresight through presencing and learning to listen. The work assumes servant-leader development involves learning and modeling empathy, acting ethically, promoting community, listening-first, practicing pathfinding-foresight, and systems thinking. Experiential exercises affirm harmony and wisdom are value priorities accompanied by associated skills relevant for servant-leader development. Soft-listening is introduced as an awareness that emerges during silent gesture exercises and practicing generative listening and generative dialog. Soft-listening is an independence-interdependence ability to attend to and perceive I, I-You, I-We, and I-All relations. Soft-listening involves internal and external awareness of a flow of harmony experienced as aware healing. Attending to the flow of harmony reveals wisdom. Soft-listening stimulates creative learning and informs pathfinding-foresight providing insight, direction, and vision for enhanced personal and collective discernment and influential persuasion. Attending to soft-listening skills reveals harmony and wisdom as accessible guiding components foundational for holistic transformational change. The subject matter is presented to stimulate further research.

Suggested Citation

  • John H. Horsman & Debra K. Heiser & Christine K. Hassing & Diana L. Steer & Lopez Sergio & Adam L. Gierlach, 2023. "Harmony-Wisdom and Soft-Listening," Springer Books, in: Gary E. Roberts (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Servant Leadership, chapter 31, pages 743-766, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-01323-2_43
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-01323-2_43
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