the 2009 dance of leadership - 90 minutes

8/8/2019 The 2009 Dance of Leadership - 90 Minutes

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TheDance of Leadership

Robert B. Denhardt


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W hat is it that leaders dothat causes others to follow?

There are certain essential skills of leadership.

W e may not even know we do these things.


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TheDance of Leadership

Robert B. Denhardt


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LeadershipLeadership occurs where one member of agroup or organization stimulates others tomore clearly recognize their previouslylatent needs, desires, and potentialities and

to work together toward their fulfillment.


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LEADERSHIPENERGIZES!


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M anagement and Leadership


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M anagement and Leadership

M otivational

DelegatingM echanicalProbabilities

Concern forProducts

Inspirational

PersuadingCreativePossibilities

Concern forPeople


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A rtThe conscious useof skill and creativeimagination


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TheA

rt of Leadership

Leadership is the artof accomplishingmore than the scienceof management says

is possible.


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W hat is it that leaders dothat causes others to follow?

Leaders connect with us emotionally, in away that energizes us and moves us to act.

Leaders provide the assurance that weneed to pursue important values.


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Topics in the A rt of Leadership

Rhythm and Timing

Communicating in Images, Symbols, andM etaphors

Focus, Concentration, Passion, and Discipline


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H ow do we learn?A

rt,M

usic, Dance

Sports andA thletics

Leadership


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Types of LearningCognitive Knowledge

Skill Development

M oral andPsychologicalGrounding


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Topics in the A rt of Leadership

Rhythm and TimingCommunicating in Images, Symbols, andM etaphors

Focus, Concentration, Passion, and Discipline


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RHYTHM AND TIMING


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RhythmIn relation toorganization, rhythmmay be considered asthe process by whichevents in time aremarked off, related,

and organized.W ithout it all would beconfusion.


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CO MMUNI C ATING IN

IMAGES, SYMBO

LS,AND METAPH O RS


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Empathetic Listening and

Evocative Speaking

Empathetic listening

Listening for andunderstanding thesubtle nuances of sound and movementthat reflect a person sinner state.

Evocative speaking

Skillfully usingimage-based wordsand metaphors thatevoke an emotionalresponse in thosewho hear you.


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Content-based vs.Image-based W ords

W orkDependableConsiderA greeableA lternativeProduceE ndeavor

SweatRockListenSweetPathGrowJourney


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ImprovisationSpontaneous

response

Ingenuity andimagination

Contribute to thecreative process


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Sidney BechetIf you know in advanceevery note you regoing to play and justthe way you re goingto play it, there s noneed to have feelings.M usic like that, youcould almost make amachine play it foryou.


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M artha GrahamW hen a plain walkis right andexpresseseverything that is

to be expressed,more than a walkwould be wrong.


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F OC US,CO N C ENTRATI O N,PASSI O N, ANDDIS C IPLINE


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M

artha GrahamA cquiring nervous,physical, and

emotionalconcentration is theone elementpossessed by the

truly great dancers.That is why there areso few great dancers.


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Yogi Berra

H ow can you thinkand hit at the sametime?


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It s a certain feeling you re aimingfor - or unconsciously aiming for -and when this happens - inspiration- duende - whatever you like to callit - a happy conjunction of conditions and events and mentalattitudes - it will feel good. It willfeel that I should be what I am kindof thing.


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M ikhail Baryshnikov

Nobody is born to bea dancer. You haveto want it more thananything. The desireto be a dancer is thediscipline of a career,and your work is thelanguage of thatdiscipline.


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George Balanchine

First comes the sweat,then comes thebeauty


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Thoughts aboutA rt and Leadership

Leadership is concerned with the flow of

energy that moves people to do thingstogether.

The flow of social energy is mostly stimulatedby feelings and emotions.

W here that happens, people, groups,organizations, and societies are energized.


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LEADERSHIPENERGIZES!


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The Dance of LeadershipW e must be willing to take risks, committed to theexperience, and ready to be vulnerable and opento the self-discovery that is a natural product of the process. W e must be willing to listen to othersand to be generous with them. A n active balanceof self-fulfillment and response to others needshas to be maintained. Basically we need thecourage of our own impulses and responsesqualified only by a healthy concern for the peoplewe are working with.


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Leadership for the 21st CenturyW e must use power toempower others

W e must changebehaviors while staying intouch with existing values

Our logic must be guidedby our intuition

W e must act as though weare in charge and beaware that we are not

W e must create a vision of the future that alreadyexists in the minds of others


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I hope youll dance! And I hope you


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The

Dance of Leadership

Robert B. Denhardt


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A nybody can andshould dance . . .

It s good for the soul.


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Rembrandt Night W atchPollack Blue (M oby Dick)Chagall Flying CarriageDegas Jockeys in the RainM ondrian Composition Red, Yellow, BlueRousseau The Dream

Picasso - LonglegsZjawinska- E very Breath You Take


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The Leader s Role:

Traditional and Tomorrow

Come up with good ideasabout the direction thegroup should takeDecide on a course of action or a goalE xert influence or controlin moving the group thatway

H elp the group ororganization understandits needs and potentialIntegrate and articulatethe group s visionA ct as a trigger forgroup action


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Management and Leadership

Managers want to knowhow many seeds are in the

apple.

Leaders want to knowhow many apples are inthe seed!


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The Dance of Leadership

Robert B. DenhardtA rizona State University


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