Guide: Healing in Servant Leadership (PMI-ACP)

Healing in Servant Leadership involves recognition and addressing of personal and professional issues that might be hindering the team’s effectiveness. This concept is in alignment with PMI ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner).

Why Healing is important:
Healing serves to create a harmonious working environment. It implies making improvements by addressing any issues that might be hindering the progress of the team. A leader who fosters a healing environment helps the team members to overcome their professional and personal hurdles, improving the overall effectiveness and productivity.

Understanding and implementing healing:
Healing works on the principle of empathy and understanding. A servant-leader believes in helping team members to resolve their issues, which might be a personal issue affecting their professional life or a professional hurdle affecting their performance.

Exam Tips: Answering questions on Healing
1. Understand the concept: The understanding of Healing lies in its definition - 'Promoting a sense of well-being and facilitating the resolution of problems.' Make sure you understand this well.
2. Application: You might get questions asking about the application of Healing in problematic situations. In such cases, the resolution must be toward promoting well-being of the team.
3. Contextual understanding: You might also get questions that need you to apply the principle of Healing in given scenarios. Here, a thorough understanding of the principle and its essence is must.