Heroic Leadership and The Dark Knight

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Heroic Leadership and The Dark Knight

• Presented by Colin Stewart of REGIS UNIVERSITY

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Whats Next

• Themes
• Heroic Leadership Elements
• Characters, Jesuits, and Today
• Discussion
• Attachments
• Character
• Costs
• Your styles/associations

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Themes

• The Moral Dilemma-How Far one must go?
• Symbolism
• Character
• Attachments
• Escalation

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Heroic Leadership

• Self Awareness-Understood their strengths,
  weaknesses, values, and worldview
• Heroism-energized themselves and others through
  heroic ambitions
• Ingenuity- Confidently innovated and adapted to
  embrace a changing world
• Love-Engaged others with a positive, loving
  attitude

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Characters, Jesuits, and Today
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Ethical Warrior SI

• Lucious Fox

• Edmond Campion

• Strong Values
• Highly Intelligent and a creative genius
• Question the Status Quo

• Strong Values
• Had the chance for glory, but chose
  torture/prison
• Died for his beliefs

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Faithful Watcher SHIL

• Alfred Pennyworth

• Alphonsus Rodriguez

• Loves Bruce Wayne like a son and keeps Bruce
  Wayne on track
• Encourages Sacrifice /Heroism
• Lets Bruce go on believing in Love

• Jesuit Door Keeper
• Distributed items to the needy
• Consoled troubled

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The White Knight SHIL

• Harvey Dent

• Francis Xavier

• Strong Values-no comprise and High Standards
• To run full speed at perfection
• Willing to Sacrifice
• Visionary

• Volunteered for the toughest jobs
• Ventured into dangerous and foreign lands
• Talented
• Had a vision

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Arm of the People SHIL

• Lt. Gordon

• John Francis Regis

• Refuse no Talent, Nor any man of Quality
• Collaborated
• Puts himself on the line
• Willing to compromise

• Simple and Direct
• Appealed to the uneducated and
• Dedicated to the disenfranchised

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The Dark Knight SHIL

• Batman/Bruce Wayne

• St. Ignatius of Loyola

• Wants to inspire others-
• Shared Ownership
• Character-
• Values and will not break them
• A dark symbol of hope and is Self Sacrifice

• Founder of Jesuits-Started a Movement
• Military
• Journey of self discovery
• Did what no one had ever done before him

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The Joker- The Revolution

• Organized
• Sociopath, Isnt logical, and No rules
• Selective of who he works with
• Unattached and his mission is for those to be
  unattached Joker-Hospital Scene

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Discussion

• What are your attachments?
• How do your attachments affect the way you lead?

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Character
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Discussion

• What are the costs of Leadership?
• What makes the cost worth it?

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Discussion

• Which Dark Knight Leadership Style do you find
  yourself being pulled towards/why?
• What Heroic Leadership elements do you find
  yourself being pulled towards/why?

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Style

• Heroic Style

• DK Leadership Style

• Self Awareness
• Heroism
• Ingenuity
• Love

• Ethical Warrior
• Faithful Watcher
• The White Knight
• Arm of the People
• The Dark Knight
• The Revolution

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Heroism Applied

• Whats your mission?
• Daily Impact-Assess and refocus if necessary
• Develop the team members and support them
• Be the hero yourself-Go for perfection
• To lead is to go on adventure?
• Question the Status Quo

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Sources

• 2003, Lowney, Chris., Heroic Leadership, Loyola
  Press
• The Dark Knight Motion Picture 2008

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The End