Alicia Gomes-Figueira Covey Appendix 2 assignment

The theory that I have chosen in the Covey Appendix 2 is the Spiritual Leadership and the leader I have chosen is Mother Teresa. In my own words I believe that the Spiritual Leadership Theory is all about connecting and influencing people on a spiritual level such as religious view on life. This involves taking care of others, having knowledge of different cultures, values, traditions, customs and beliefs. You must commit to the care of the whole person and spiritual care into their daily lives and what they practice. Mother Teresa had so much passion to live her life with vision and discipline that lead to change. Mother Teresa had great “spiritual intelligence”, which made her a great leader. I believe that the Spiritual Theory applies to all the accomplishments that Mother Teresa did throughout her life and that possessed all these qualities as a leader. Mother Teresa was an Albanian Catholic nun and founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1948 at Calcutta, India. She was a great humanitarian and she helped the sick and poor, not only in her own community or country but local, national, and international. Her vision for the organization, her actions to create change, and taking that action to make the change happen I believe is what made her a great leader. Also, her warmth, empathy, genuineness to the world made her a loving person and a great role model. She lived her life serving God and spreading the word of God to the world by her actions. This showed that she lived her life by “faith” and “hope” and that by her actions could change the world and make the world a better place.