leadership as reflective human action-- a mini-workshop
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Leadership as Reflective Human Action-- A Mini-Workshop. Presented by Kappa Omicron Nu Frances E. Andrews Dorothy I. Mitstifer. Activity: Getting Acquainted. Use one word to describe your favorite leader. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LEADERSHIP AS LEADERSHIP AS REFLECTIVE REFLECTIVE
HUMAN ACTION--HUMAN ACTION--A MINI-WORKSHOPA MINI-WORKSHOP
Presented by Kappa Omicron Nu
Frances E. Andrews
Dorothy I. Mitstifer
ACTIVITY:ACTIVITY:GETTING ACQUAINTEDGETTING ACQUAINTED
Use Use oneone word to describe your favorite word to describe your favorite leader.leader.
IntroduceIntroduce self to 4 people you don’t know self to 4 people you don’t know by saying your name and by saying your name and sharingsharing the the descriptive word of your favorite leader.descriptive word of your favorite leader.
CreateCreate groups of 4, groups of 4, shareshare descriptions, descriptions, discuss discuss what descriptions are missing from what descriptions are missing from the group. the group. PostPost descriptions on flip chart.descriptions on flip chart.
ShareShare descriptions with the full group. descriptions with the full group.
OVERVIEW OF OVERVIEW OF LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP
All professionals All professionals have have
responsibility to responsibility to LEAD—to use their LEAD—to use their talents and skills talents and skills for the common for the common
goodgood
SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONSORGANIZATIONS
Embrace a Embrace a belief in peoplebelief in people—their capacity, —their capacity,
energy, energy, creativity, creativity,
commitment, commitment, ability to take ability to take
action!action!
Reflection in Reflection in ActionAction
REFLECTIONREFLECTIONRecognizes multiple Recognizes multiple perspectives and perspectives and connectionsconnections
Reformulates ideasReformulates ideas
Addresses Addresses situationssituations
Acknowledges that Acknowledges that things get messythings get messy
ACTIVITY:ACTIVITY:A BIT OF REFLECTIONA BIT OF REFLECTION
- Close Close your eyes, your eyes, reflectreflect on your on your definition ofdefinition of LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP
- Write- Write your definition on a sticky noteyour definition on a sticky note
- Look- Look at your definition: at your definition:
Does it include:Does it include:
- A person in a position?- A person in a position?
- Traits of leadership (e.g., interacting - Traits of leadership (e.g., interacting with people, with people, “walking the talk”)?“walking the talk”)?
- Power, drive, influence, action?- Power, drive, influence, action?
LEADERSHIP IS:LEADERSHIP IS:
Participation to be energizedParticipation to be energized
Adventure to be embracedAdventure to be embraced
Total engagement, offered Total engagement, offered for for well-being of the earth, and well-being of the earth, and its its inhabitantsinhabitants
Leadership is an Leadership is an active, mind-active, mind-
engaging, shared engaging, shared human process of human process of
meaning making in a meaning making in a community of community of
practicepractice
Leadership isLeadership isReflective Human Reflective Human
ActionAction
CORE PRINCIPLESCORE PRINCIPLES
AuthenticityAuthenticity
Ethical Ethical SensibilitySensibility
SpiritualitySpirituality
PRINCIPLES OF PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICEPRACTICE
--Accept ChaosAccept Chaos
-Share -Share InformationInformation-Develop-Develop RelationshipsRelationships-Embrace-Embrace VisionVision
AUTHENTICITYAUTHENTICITYCENTRAL CENTRAL
ORGANIZING ORGANIZING PRINCIPLEPRINCIPLE
ACTIVITY: ACTIVITY: DEFINE AUTHENTICITYDEFINE AUTHENTICITY
-Form a group of -Form a group of threethree-One-One word definitionword definition-Post word on -Post word on sticky note sticky note on on flipflip chart chart-Review-Review synonymssynonyms
AUTHENTICITY IS:AUTHENTICITY IS:
Ability to Ability to be true to be true to one’s own one’s own
personality, personality, spirit, and spirit, and charactercharacter
AUTHENTICITY IS GUIDED AUTHENTICITY IS GUIDED & &
JUDGED BYJUDGED BY
hope,hope,
integrity, integrity,
honesty, honesty,
humility, humility,
genuineness, genuineness,
trustworthinestrustworthinesss
PERSONALPERSONALAUTHENTICIAUTHENTICI
TYTY
AUTHENTICITY IN AUTHENTICITY IN COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
Ethical Ethical SensibilitySensibility
Ethical Action IncludesEthical Action Includes
Intellectual and moral defensibility
Engagement, participation Justice, fairness, freedom Accountability for action Commitment over time Potential, possibility Attention, caring
Activity:Activity:Exploring Ethical Exploring Ethical
DilemmasDilemmas
- Turn- Turn to person on your rightto person on your right- Read- Read the scenario togetherthe scenario together- Answer:- Answer:
What is the ethical dilemma?What is the ethical dilemma?
Using what you know already Using what you know already about ethical sensibility, how about ethical sensibility, how would you respond?would you respond?
Ethical SensibilityEthical Sensibility
COURAGE to act based on:COURAGE to act based on:- principles of human - principles of human dignity, &dignity, & respect respect
- honesty with self- honesty with self
- action for the - action for the common good common good
ETHICAL PRINCIPLESETHICAL PRINCIPLES-Love-Love
-Justice-Justice
-Dwelling-Dwelling
-Freedom-Freedom
-Participation-Participation
-Responsibility-Responsibility
As they seek As they seek consensus in consensus in
diversitydiversity
SpiritualitySpirituality
SpiritualitySpirituality
Human capacity that gives Human capacity that gives our lives passion and our lives passion and purposepurpose
Deeply alive place within Deeply alive place within each of us that longs for each of us that longs for fulfillmentfulfillment
Depth, value, heart, Depth, value, heart, relatedness, personal relatedness, personal substance, or soulsubstance, or soul
ENVIRONMENT OF ENVIRONMENT OF LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP
ENVIRONMENT OF ENVIRONMENT OF LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP
New sciences applied to New sciences applied to people and organizationspeople and organizations
Paradigm shift toward Paradigm shift toward holism and primacy of holism and primacy of relationshipsrelationships
Use new ways of thinking Use new ways of thinking to release human to release human potential and creativity potential and creativity to enhance quality of lifeto enhance quality of life
LEADERSHIP AND THE NEW LEADERSHIP AND THE NEW SCIENCESCIENCE
CHAOS—renewal and revitalizationCHAOS—renewal and revitalization
INFORMATION—primary organizing forceINFORMATION—primary organizing force
RELATIONSHIPS—strength, empowermentRELATIONSHIPS—strength, empowerment
VISION—re-creation of workplaces and VISION—re-creation of workplaces and worldworld
Highlights of Leadership & the Highlights of Leadership & the New ScienceNew Science
What stands What stands out as a out as a
highlight of highlight of Leadership & Leadership &
the New the New Science?Science?
ACCEPT CHAOSACCEPT CHAOS
CHAOS:CHAOS:A processA process
The final The final state in a state in a system’s system’s
move away move away from orderfrom order
ACTIVITY: ACTIVITY: EXPERIENCING CHAOSEXPERIENCING CHAOS
Form a group of 3Form a group of 3 Share time when you experienced/observed Share time when you experienced/observed
chaos (might be a time of being overwhelmed, chaos (might be a time of being overwhelmed, confused, unable to make sense of anything)confused, unable to make sense of anything)
Share how you/other person respondedShare how you/other person responded Share what happened when the chaotic period Share what happened when the chaotic period
endedended Share with large groupShare with large group
Chaos:Chaos:
A Natural A Natural Transition to a Transition to a
New StateNew State
CHAOSCHAOSCreative and Creative and
ordering forceordering force
Change Change perspectiveperspective
See things from a See things from a different vantage different vantage
pointpoint
InformationInformationPrimary organizing Primary organizing
force in any force in any organizationorganization
ACTIVITY: ACTIVITY: POSITIVE-NEGATIVE POSITIVE-NEGATIVE
EFFECTS OF INFORMATIONEFFECTS OF INFORMATION
FormForm a group of 8 a group of 8 4 describe situations in which information has been used 4 describe situations in which information has been used
negativelynegatively 4 describe situations in which information has been used 4 describe situations in which information has been used
positivelypositively SelectSelect one negative-information situation to share one negative-information situation to share DialogueDialogue about how outcome might have been about how outcome might have been
different if group had had access to pertinent different if group had had access to pertinent informationinformation
Reflect Reflect about what part you can play in about what part you can play in enhancing information or its flow in any enhancing information or its flow in any organizationorganization
INFORMATION INFORMATION
-Moves through the-Moves through the
systemsystem
-Disturbs the peace-Disturbs the peace
-Nourishes new life-Nourishes new life
-Engenders -Engenders creativitycreativity
-Encourages -Encourages
innovationinnovation
Vision--Vision--An energy field An energy field
expressive of purpose expressive of purpose and directionand direction
VISION MESSAGESVISION MESSAGES
Guide Guide people and people and organizatioorganizations through ns through
changechange
Develop Develop RelationshipsRelationships
RELATIONSHIPSRELATIONSHIPS
--Heart of who we are as Heart of who we are as humanshumans
-Give meaning and -Give meaning and significance to our livessignificance to our lives
-Must be strengthened-Must be strengthened
-Find ways for people -Find ways for people and ideas to meet and and ideas to meet and
change in relationship to change in relationship to each othereach other
Relationships are not Relationships are not fostered by tinkering with fostered by tinkering with
incentives, retraining incentives, retraining groups, revising policies groups, revising policies and rules, or designing and rules, or designing another organizational another organizational
chart!chart!
ACTIVITY:ACTIVITY:POSITIVE & NEGATIVE POSITIVE & NEGATIVE
RELATIONSHIPSRELATIONSHIPS Group Group yourselves on the basis of a happy face yourselves on the basis of a happy face
or a sad face. or a sad face.
HappyHappy face holders dialogue about situations of face holders dialogue about situations of positive relationshipspositive relationships. . SadSad face holders dialogue face holders dialogue about situations ofabout situations of negative relationships.negative relationships.
Identify characteristics of Identify characteristics of power-overpower-over relationships.relationships.
Identify organizational activities that foster Identify organizational activities that foster power-with relationships.power-with relationships.
DEVELOP DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPSRELATIONSHIPS
Power-with Power-with cultures-positive, cultures-positive,
people valuedpeople valued
Power-over Power-over cultures-cultures-
negative, people negative, people viewed as cogs in viewed as cogs in
wheelswheels
Characteristics of Power-Characteristics of Power-With RelationshipsWith Relationships
CHARACTERISTICS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF POWER-OVER POWER-OVER
RELATIONSHIPSRELATIONSHIPS
Personal Personal FrameworFramewor
k of k of LeadershiLeadershi
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ACTIVITY:ACTIVITY:INNER STRENGTHS INNER STRENGTHS
ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT
--CompleteComplete Inner Strengths Inner Strengths Assessment individuallyAssessment individually
--ShareShare with person of choice with person of choice
--ShareShare something you learned something you learned about self with entire groupabout self with entire group
Self-awareness, conscience, independent
will, creative imagination
Our roots impact Our roots impact knowledge, attitudes, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, & behaviorsbeliefs, & behaviors
Live vision based Live vision based on valueson values
A New Paradigm of A New Paradigm of Leadership!Leadership!
Lead—Lead—Dare to Dare to
LeadLead