MET 97 HANDOUT VERSION OF SLIDES

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The Performing Manager
Using theatre-based training to enhance
leadership communication
Patricia Bower, Stern School of Business New York
University
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A quick course overview

• Half-credit MBA class
• Three weekend daystotal 18 class hours
• 30 studentsalways oversubscribed!
• All assignments individuala lot of work!

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Course materials

• Leading Out Loud by Terry Pearce
• Henry V by William Shakespeare
• Video resources on the web
• Numerous forms for speech and personal analysis

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DAY 1 Focus on the non-verbal

• Improvisation to expand our repertoire of
  expression
• The Passion Speech
• First Brain Effects--
• the Mime and posture work of Jacques Le Coq
• Body-Word Connections
• The Thrill Speech

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Non-Verbal Communication
An eye can threaten like a loaded and leveled
gun or can insult like hissing and kicking or
in its altered mood by beams of kindness, make
the heart dance with joy. R.W. Emerson
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DAY 2 Focus on Vocal and Verbal

• AM--voice and diction exercises
• Rhetorical devicesas they are used to move
  people to action
• Henry VKenneth Branagh film
• Students deliver poems and speeches in large
  auditorium
• PMexploring metaphor and use of narrative

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The Story Spine

• --Start with the Action
• --Limit the Back-story
• --The Conflict
• --Destination
• --Payoff

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DAY 3 AMThe Leadership Speech

• Individual case-based task
• Students deliver in three rooms
• Intention Model to plan
• Incorporate verbal and physical expression
• Extensive de-brief and feedback

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DAY 3 PMFocus on Teamwork

• Improvisations to foster
• Trust
• Sense of community
• Brainstorming freedom
• Positive contributions
• Creativity