Objectives of My Leadership Learnings

Objectives of my Leadership learnings

Discover more of how I want to lead

Defend myself against weak thinking and loose talk about leadership

Gaining a mental map of leadership

Understanding the varieties of leadership

Learning how to learn about leadership

Why is Leadership done so badly?

-Leadership books and diet books - people want the easy way out

-Everyone knows there is a problem but there’s little awareness and careful thinking about what the problem might be. It’s too easy to make a living as a leadership expert.

-People think they are talking about the same thing but they are not.

Definition:

‘Leadership is imagining, willing and driving, and thereby making

something happen which was not going to happen otherwise. It is

not following instructions on pieces of paper or the latest theory

pronounced by a leadership guru’. (Fineman, Gabriel, & Sims,

2010)

This definition is concerned with the activity of leading, with making

something happen that was not going to happen otherwise, and makes

no mention of the status of leadership. It also separates out a number

of activities (imagining, willing and driving) that are needed for

leadership to happen. In so doing, it is clear that making things happen

that were not going to happen otherwise is not an optional extra, but an

essential part of bringing about good outcomes in organizations.

Similarly, the three activities of imagining, willing and driving might lead

us to question whether all three need to be, or can be, undertaken by

the same person.

The Arts of Leadership(Grint 2010)

Fine Art: Vision - Imagining a possible future

Martial Art: Planning - Making sure everything works

Performance Art: Charisma - Using symbols to engage emotions

Philosophical Art: Identity - Creating the Story

By implication,