Comments on: What if leadership can’t be taught? http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/09/25/what-if-leadership-cant-be-taught/ An outlet for musings, observations and futureneering from the company helping you to transition into the connection economy Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:44:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: name http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/09/25/what-if-leadership-cant-be-taught/#comment-703080 name Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:22:53 +0000 http://www.tmtd.biz/2005/09/25/what-if-leadership-cant-be-taught/#comment-703080 comment5, comment5,

]]> By: Dragon http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/09/25/what-if-leadership-cant-be-taught/#comment-1380 Dragon Mon, 02 Jan 2006 01:57:17 +0000 http://www.tmtd.biz/2005/09/25/what-if-leadership-cant-be-taught/#comment-1380 As an aside, I recall seeing an educational show in which Polynesians demonstrated how they could navigate the waters, even in darkness, with clouds (otherwise they used the sun and stars). They knew what the predominate angle of the waves should be to their boats if they wanted to go to a certain island. About leaders: I think not everyone is a leader, at least in the way most people mean it in the business world. Most are followers, but have other qualities, such as writing skill, creativity, or others. Being a true leader, in my opinion, is knowing enough to find out what the 'followers' are worth, what they can contribute, and how they can use this to the company's advantage. Sadly, this is often lacking. As an aside, I recall seeing an educational show in which Polynesians demonstrated how they could navigate the waters, even in darkness, with clouds (otherwise they used the sun and stars). They knew what the predominate angle of the waves should be to their boats if they wanted to go to a certain island.

About leaders: I think not everyone is a leader, at least in the way most people mean it in the business world. Most are followers, but have other qualities, such as writing skill, creativity, or others. Being a true leader, in my opinion, is knowing enough to find out what the ‘followers’ are worth, what they can contribute, and how they can use this to the company’s advantage. Sadly, this is often lacking.

]]> By: sonjab http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/09/25/what-if-leadership-cant-be-taught/#comment-625 sonjab Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:02:39 +0000 http://www.tmtd.biz/2005/09/25/what-if-leadership-cant-be-taught/#comment-625 Dave Snowden's Cynefin methodology has a unique approach to leadership development base on exposing leaders to good and bad stories about their leadership style and confronting them with the realities of how their people really view them. It also involves a 'deep immersion' exercise where leaders are taken completely out of their comfort zones to attempt to break them out of their pattern entrainment - similar to what happens in the BBC's 'Back to the Floor' television series. Maybe this type of experiential leadership development combined with story is a better way of developing leaders who will indeed 'practice what they preach'? Dave Snowden’s Cynefin methodology has a unique approach to leadership development base on exposing leaders to good and bad stories about their leadership style and confronting them with the realities of how their people really view them.
It also involves a ‘deep immersion’ exercise where leaders are taken completely out of their comfort zones to attempt to break them out of their pattern entrainment - similar to what happens in the BBC’s ‘Back to the Floor’ television series.
Maybe this type of experiential leadership development combined with story is a better way of developing leaders who will indeed ‘practice what they preach’?

]]> By: Lynda http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/09/25/what-if-leadership-cant-be-taught/#comment-616 Lynda Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:37:07 +0000 http://www.tmtd.biz/2005/09/25/what-if-leadership-cant-be-taught/#comment-616 This question came across my radar today Keith. I am reading a new book by Dr Caroline Leaf called Switch on your Brain. Will Blog about it later this week. In there she states that teaching Outcome based ways both in schools and in business we are setting the end result and then working back to what we want the student to know. In reality we know in this diverse ever changing world that we need an internal compass that helps us find our way sometimes by using intuition and gut rather than knowledge. By setting the bar we deprive the student the right and opportunity to explore what may happen. This question came across my radar today Keith. I am reading a new book by Dr Caroline Leaf called Switch on your Brain. Will Blog about it later this week. In there she states that teaching Outcome based ways both in schools and in business we are setting the end result and then working back to what we want the student to know. In reality we know in this diverse ever changing world that we need an internal compass that helps us find our way sometimes by using intuition and gut rather than knowledge.
By setting the bar we deprive the student the right and opportunity to explore what may happen.

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