Images of Leadership

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Images of Leadership

• BMA5533, Class 6
• Fall, 2007

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Tonights Agenda

• Personal case discussion
• Bolman Deal Images of leadership

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Case Discussion Goals

• Help the case-writer reflect on and learn from a
  leadership challenge or experience
• Conversation should be supportive and respectful
  of CW, but also honest and appropriately
  challenging
• Help the discussion leader refine his/her
  facilitation skills to maximize the learning and
  usefulness for case-writer.
• Developing a clear agenda
• Managing the discussion while giving the work to
  the people
• Bringing the conversation to tangible insights
  and ideas.
• Help the team members refine their coaching and
  feedback skills

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Diagnostic Questions

• What do you see as the most important issues or
  questions to explore?
• What was at stake for the case-writer? What were
  her/his goals? Were there other needs at work?
• Where was CW most and least effective?
• What pattern of advocacy inquiry do you see CW
  using?
• What do you see in the case that CW might not be
  aware of?
• What connections do you see between what CW was
  saying and feeling?

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Discussion Flow

• Clarify and test agenda.
• CW provides brief overview of issues, questions,
  insights.
• L guides group in discussing the case
• Keep the focus on CWs leadership
• L asks CW to summarize what s/he heard and
  learned from the discussion
• Group completes feedback forms and turn in to L.
  

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Role of Effective Team Member

• Offer support, responsiveness, caring, balance of
  advocacy/inquiry
• Stay focused on what the case writer needs and
  wants
• Assist the team in staying on track
• Be open and honest, but sensitive to CWs
  feelings and ability to process input
• Be patient all learning may not happen now

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Themes

• Leadership is a performing art (embedded in
  contexts and relationships)
• How you lead depends on what you think youre
  leading
• Your ideas, or frames, determine what you see (or
  dont see), what you understand (or not), and
  what options you consider

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Reframing

• Choosing to view the same thing from more than
  one perspective

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Reframing
Some say love, it is a river, that drowns the
tender reed. Some say love, it is a razor, that
leaves your soul to bleed. Some say love, it is a
hunger, an endless, aching need. I say love, it
is a flower, and you its only seed.
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Images of Leadership
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Four images of leadership

• Analyst
• Caregiver
• Warrior
• Wizard

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A Structural View

• Metaphor complex machine
• Leader analyst, architect
• Strategy do your homework, analyze, design new
  approach, implement
• Focus data, logic, structure, plans, policies,

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A Human Resource View

• Metaphor Extended family
• Leader caregiver, servant, catalyst
• Change strategy build relationships, listen,
  educate, be open, empower others
• Focus skills, attitudes, teamwork, communications

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A Political View

• Metaphor jungle
• Leader warrior, advocate, negotiator
• Change strategy map terrain, create agenda,
  network, attract allies, defuse opposition,
  negotiate
• Focus build a power base, get access, influence
  key players