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Leadership - 6 / 16 / 2024
confusing leaders with the leadership process
theory / practice
thought / action
one / many
unity / diversity
true / real
abstract / concrete
divergent thinking
exploring the new & different
convergent thinking
synthesis of ideas
what's really going on?
if we can't control reality, we invent unrealities to maintain the illusion of control
to know and to do
leadership needs both
| Traditional Western Mainstream |
Authentic |
Born:
Every person is born with different capacities for leadership |
Made:
Leadership is learned |
Individual:
One leader |
Relational:
Shared or collaborative leadership |
Positional:
Authority derives from position |
Everywhere:
Authority derives from behavior |
Getting Results:
Leaders get things done |
A Process of Engagement:
Leadership is a process of interaction that occurs between leaders and followers to determine goals |
Coercive & Noncoercive:
Leadership may entail the exercise of force |
Only Noncoercive:
It is not leadership if you have to use force |
Vision:
Leaders see possibilities where others do not |
Framing:
Leaders reframe, or look at things from different perspectives |
Ethical & Unethical:
Leadership may be unethical |
Only Ethical:
It is not leadership if it is not ethical |
Secular:
Spirituality has no place in leadership |
Spiritual:
Spirituality is integral to leadership |
traditional views of leadership
personal
existence
exclusive
charisma
inclusive
MBTI 
the trap of determinism
transcending limitations
team - resources
structured
directing, coaching, supporting, delegating
situational sensitivity
unstructured
leadership shifts by task
positional / functional - structure
positional
communications, human relations, counselling, supervision, technical assistance
management science, decision manking, planning, and ethics
functional
leadership as a function of a system
changes as the system changes
adaptability
what "works"
the trap of relativism
provocative views for leadership
political - power
power over
willing followers
imposes a simplified interpretation on reality
ethically neutal at best
power with
empowers followers
to define and secure their own agendas
suspicious of formal authority
power without vision wastes energy
visionary - mission
content
leader as follower
change arises from the people
crafting scenarios
process
assist in paradigm shifts
not inherently ethical
nighmare visions
ethical - meaning
[see Value Systems]
intrinsic
any action that focuses resources towards a beneficial end
leaders and followers help raise each other up to a higher ethical level
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
extrinsic
1) force: inspires fear
2) seduction & deals: inspires dependency
3) personal persuasion: inspires winning attitude
4) models integrity: inspires hope
5) empowers others: inspires love & service
6) wisdom: inspires inner peace
changing ethics in America
1) Protestant - contribution
2) craft - quality
3) entrepreneurial - risk
4) career - self-fulfillment
open to relativism
leadership as a subset of action
appreciate richness & diversity
remain open
self-correcting
grounded in action
authenticity
showing up
engaging
objective vs subjective
real world properties vs experience
"both and" solution
there is the existence of a real world
that real wold embodies constraints
there is truth beyond internal coherence
there can be a stable knowledge of the world
George Lakoff
experiential realism
human action
fulfillment
embodiment
that into which action moves us
what will we have at completion?
meaning
significance
that for which action moves us
what's our justification? / what's at stake?
use of metaphors, parables, morality tales, art, humor, and values
mission
direction
that toward which action moves us
what's our vision / what's our goal?
power
energy
that by which action moves us
what's the level of commitment?
energy expended over time
structure
organizing
that through which action moves us
what plans & processes will we need?
resources
material
that with which action moves us
what are the available resources?
existence
limitations & possibilities
from which action moves us
what's the setting? / what's its history?
spirituality is at the intersection of meaning and exitence
it transcends both and leads to fulfillment
mentoring
[see Elders]
Authentic Leadership: Courage in Action - Dr. Robert Terry 
Seven Zones for Leadership: Acting Authentically in Stability and Chaos - ibid
Life Types - Sandra K. Hirsh, Jean M.Kummerow
Please Understand Me II - David Keirsey
Women, Fires, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind
- George Lakoff
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