Show Notes
MI and Servant Leadership
Glenn and Sebastian welcomed Jemima Neddy Organ to the podcast to discuss MI and servant leadership. Jemima is a community educator having worked as an instructor and training consultant in Kenya and the Middle East. In Kenya, Jemima was actively involved in advocacy and education of mental health issues in the community. She initiated the writing of the psychological bill to acknowledge counseling as a profession in Kenya. Jemima also initiated a behavior change program for youth (in a faith-based organization). The program is now in six countries in Africa due to her active training and mentoring of the leaders.
Jemima has a Ph.D. from the Organization, Information, & Learning Sciences (OILS) program at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque USA with a focus on Instructional Design (ID), Adult Education & Professional Development (AE&PD), and Motivational Interviewing in leadership (MI-Lead). Her dissertation was on “Motivational Interviewing: A Tool for Servant Leadership.” She was trained, coached, and is being mentored by Dr. William Miller, the father of MI. Jemima holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Daystar University in Nairobi, Kenya, and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Counseling from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Jemima has over 27 years’ of experience in the mental health profession and is also a licensed professional counselor-candidate (LPCC) in Colorado. Jemima is an active member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and she integrates her counseling skills with adult education and professional development. Her visionary personality has enabled her to initiate MI as a tool for servant leaders. Jemima gives presentations, trains, teaches, and coaches leaders on how to incorporate Motivational Interviewing in their leadership style.
Motivational Interviewing and servant leadership
Jemima Neddy Organ explores Motivational Interviewing as a tool for servant leadership. Drawing on her work in counselling, adult education, professional development and leadership, she considers how MI can help leaders move from directing people towards listening, collaboration and supporting autonomy.
The discussion connects MI’s relational foundations with leadership practice and the development of people and organisations. These themes align closely with Partnership, Empowerment and the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing.
In this episode
0:00 – Opening and episode preview
5:00 – Jemima introduction and early MI story
11:45 – How MI fits in the context of leadership
20:50 – Jemima’s father as an early source of hope
23:06 – What is servant leadership?
30:45 – The distinction between servant and transformational leadership
37:50 – The core skills of MI (i.e. OARS) and servant leadership
48:18 – Transitions
50:05 – End of recording
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