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TheDance of Leadership
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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
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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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