Course 2: Becoming a 7 Cups Leader - (Discussion #2) Service Leadership at 7 Cups

▪︎What do you think of the idea of service leadership?
~ I love the idea of Service Leadership. The best part about this is "When leaders shift their mindset and serve first, they benefit as well as their employees in that their employees acquire personal growth, while the organization grows as well due to the employees' growing commitment and engagement." It helps leaders to remind themselves of the main purpose of being in this community, to serve, to help and support their best as they can.

▪︎ Can you list one example of service leadership you have seen on 7 Cups?
~ I appreciate and acknowledge all the listeners who do their best to support members and take out their time and make efforts to listen to them, and provide emotional support. Also listeners with several leadership roles, who work hard to leave no stone unturned to help in the growth of the community. I think 7 cups is a great example of Service leadership, every work, every effort and every time put by the listener counts.

▪︎How can you become a better "servant'' to our community?
~ I am trying my best and still learning, I want to dedicate my time to supporting members as well as contribute to the leadership roles I hold. I find happiness in helping others and I will work my best to provide support and become a better "servant" to the community.

@Heather225
- Service leadership for me is doing a task and helping others to that task which you are good and you like.
- I have seen leaders and peers throughtout the community reaching out to people, helping them, supporting them without any selfish means and that for me is an example of service leadership.
- I can be a 'servant' by doing tasks and helping people out with tasks I am good at and I like, as said in the first point.<3

Hi everyone, I hope your all doing well.....
What do I think of the idea of service leadership?
Iove seeing leaders in their roles, I find them very empowering and inspiring from their support. They are doing a great swervice as @Heather225 says "by helping everyone grow and achieve success and then seeing theem bloom." This is what 7 Cups is all about, the service, the giving, support and watching everyone grow.
Where all here for the same reason, to overcome our obstacles in life. The leaders are our guides, however when we all come together the power of support is multiplied and great things happen.

Thank you leaders for your amazing guidance.

Can you list one example of service leadership you have seen?
I think all members, mentors, listeners, ambassadors and supporters are amazing.
Titles are what we have all strived towards since joining 7 Cups, these are our accomplishments. (I hope to gain few titles myself.)
However key word here is titles, its only a name....memeber, listener, supporter, etc and yes we do need these titles here in 7 Cups to know whom is doing which role.
Behind these titles are people doing amazing service equally as the other, as a whole and as a community in supporting and working together to grow to make 7 Cups the most caring, welcoming and supportive place on the internet for people going through difficult times.
I honestly feel here at & Cups to mentally put the titles aside, and remember we are all one - 7 Cups family.
How can you become a better servant to our community?
To be honest, I am excited to see myself take up a role in the community, however I do have strong emotional fears that I wont be good enough as these amazing leaders I am seeing now. I have chosen a few roles so will see how I go. However with that said....
I'm loving and enjoying giving my support to others contrabuting in the rooms. Infact because I am 49 I kinda feel like I do have a role as a mothering hen for the younger ones lol. I am enjoying contrabuting in this way, I'm feeling it is very rewarding. I hope I'm empowering the younger ones and at same time empowering myself.

I do look forward to taking on my new roles as I also know I have the best support network guiding and helping me all the way.

Thankyou to everyone for making 7 Cups what it is today, we are growing and blossoming together and as one.
Sprinkling my love and hugs to you all.

@Heather225

What do you think of the idea of service leadership?
I really like the idea of service leadership. This means sharing responsibility and power. As a group, providing a service where we put others' needs before ours. We contribute our time and effort in order to create an environment that people can bloom in.

Can you list one example of service leadership you have seen on 7 Cups?
There's many examples, since 7 cups is built on the very foundation of service leadership. However, something I've always admired are mentors who take on training listeners so they can improve their quality service. They're doubly contributing to the community by offering their valuable free time to others.

How can you become a better "servant' to our community?
By listening to any feedback :D I think it's really important to receive critiscm in order to grow.

What do you think of the idea of service leadership? I think it's a great way of giving back to our community. It helps us assist people through our leadership skills.
Can you list one example of service leadership you have seen on 7 Cups? There are support groups on 7 cups which are led by certain listerners. Here they direct a conversation and assist people to talking their problems.
How can you become a better "servant' to our community? I can be more active by joinging programs (like this) and helping others find a voice here.

q. What do you think of the idea of service leadership?
I think it's wonderful to focus on serving rather than promoting interests. In that way, actions can be focused on sharing, helping others grow, etc. It seems like a natural outcome of wanting to help others combined with a leadership role.
q. Can you list one example of service leadership you have seen on 7 Cups?
almost any leadership position on 7 cups seems like service leadership because the platform itself is designed in a way it intends to serve people
q. How can you become a better "servant' to our community?
putting myself up for high standards of work

I think that service leadership is awesome since I defintiely think that a leader should be a role model for everyone else. Leaders have lots of responsibilities and other people can really look up to them when they're doing a great job. professionalism, respectfullness and kindness will help a leader go a long long way.

An example I can think of is with the mentors here. They ARE what we who are just starting out are aiming to be. I strive to be like the mentors here and think their dedication is awesome.

@Heather225

Questions: What do you think of the idea of service leadership? Can you list one example of service leadership you have seen on 7 Cups?

I think all leadership is service leadership. The point of being a leader is that you are responsible for the needs of the community. The community can trust you to take care of all responsibilities. An example of service leadership I have seen on 7cups is a listener who actually listens. It's actually somewhat rare for listeners here to actually listen. So anyone who takes the time to truly listen is a servant leader. They are setting themselves aside to really see the other person. And that can change someone's life, truly.

@Heather225
First of all I would like to thank you for exposing the discussion to such an amazing topic.
In my views, service leadership is a more practical description of how a leadership should go. Indeed, a leader must pour every ounce of him for the betterment of the services of its institution. How an institution functions is defined by the leadership of its leaders. On cups there are countless examples of service leadership. From listeners to moderators, everyone works for the development of the cups society and culture. They are all firmly determined towards the quality leadership and I always seek to learn from them more and more.
I am trying continuously to become a better listener per day and I feel I can become a more better version of myself by going through the resources available on the cups, by taking part in the events organized and by socializing myself with the solution oriented environment so that I can also radiate the same energy with me to my members for it helps them feel comfortable, positive and confident in problem solving within themselves.!
Regards!
Ash.

@Heather225


What do you think of the idea of service leadership? Can you list one example of service leadership you have seen on 7 Cups?
How can you become a better "servant' to our community?

HI

Well, I believe that leadership is not only about sending others to do your job but that they can be part of a work team, the leader must help those who have doubts, concerns or any contribution, I believe that a leader must be generous and understanding and he must give his all.

I have seen many good leaders in the 7 cups community, who always give us a hand when we feel lost, and I think they are always very gentle, always waiting for our doubts

I believe that to be a good helper I must be patient and listen to the ideas of others, sharing ideas makes the community feel supported and listened to, I believe that teamwork is the key to success.