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Leadership - 5 / 19 / 2002
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
1) there is the existence of a real world
2) that real wold embodies constraints
3) there is truth beyond internal coherence
4) there can be a stable knowledge of the world
George Lakoff
experiential realism
human action
1) fulfillment - embodiment
that into which action moves us
what will we have at completion?
2) 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
3) mission - direction
that toward which action moves us
what's our vision / what's our goal?
4) power - energy
that by which action moves us
what's the level of commitment?
energy expended over time
5) structure - organizing
that through which action moves us
what plans & processes will we need?
6) resources - material
that with which action moves us
what are the available resources?
7) 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
Jungian Psychological Type - Michael Daniels Ph.D.
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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