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Appendix I: Director Questionnaire
Indicative questions for interviews/focus groups:
Servant
leadership
CES
leadership
The “true
servant
leader”
Cultural
awareness
Finishing
questions
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1) Discuss what you feel it means “to serve”
2) What comes to mind when I say servant leadership?
3) What characteristics do you see servant leaders having?
4) What types of people can become servant leaders?
5) Why do you feel that a person who has learned to serve makes a
good leader?
6) Give an example of a servant leader living or dead. What makes
this person a servant leader?
7) Discuss some relationships that may be important in being a good
servant leader
8) Describe what you see as the relationship between a servant leader
and the people being lead
1) Briefly discuss your experience in the CES.
2) Can you tell me about what you feel are the main benefits of
participation in institute?
3) How/has the CES impacted on your leadership abilities?
4) What programmes are currently in place in the CES that have
helped or are helping you to become a better leader?
5) What do you feel is the most important aspect of being a leader in
the CES? (for teachers, administrators, and possibly students)
6) Tell me about what you feel the CES does to encourage servant
leadership
7) How do you feel encouragement of servant leadership can be
enhanced in the CES?
1) What do you think it means to be a “true servant leader”?
2) Do you apply the leadership principles from the CES in other areas
of your life? If yes, how?
3) Do you hold a leadership position outside of the CES? How has
what you learned in the CES influenced the way you lead?
4) Can you share any examples of recent actions you have made or
witnessed outside of the CES that you feel display servant leadership.
5) How would you teach someone outside of the CES to be a “true
servant leader?”
6) Do you feel you are a “true servant leader?”
1) Can you tell me what the CES does to encourage cultural
awareness?
2) Do you feel that your leadership is unique to the Aotearoa/New
Zealand context?
3) Is it important for the CES to encourage cultural awareness?
4) Do you feel the CES has encouraged your leadership relationships
with those from different cultures from yourself?
1) Do you see yourself as a teacher first or a leader first? (for
teachers)
2) The institute currently conducts a course called “Principles of