Conducting Leadership
Here`s a interesting way to spend 20 minutes -- TED Talk: Itay Talgam: Lead like the great
conductors. Great presentation. Lots of fun. There are so
many ways to lead. And you can see both obvious and subtle differences
expressed in some of the great conductors Talgam profiles. Some control
forcefully and dramatically. Others relax and have fun and
enthusiastically guide people along effortlessly. While others are more
quiet and gently create an environment where musicians can express
their talent so it`s difficult to tell who leads who. Fascinating stuff
because you see it all unfold as a performance. Personally, I think the
best conductors (or the best anything) just blend into the music so the
focus is on the music and not on them.
That last bit is important. Many leaders miss it entirely and it
undermines them completely. For me, the word "leadership" has very
little meaning now. Actually, I view the word largely in the
pejorative. The very concept has been so thoroughly abused these days
(read a newspaper lately?) I am hard pressed to find leaders I can look
up to and learn from. In fact, I have pretty much given up on the
exercise as a waste of time. Don`t lead. Instead, do. Just do. And if you must lead or, gasp,
call yourself a leader, then lead with doing in mind. That is the only way you will ever earn
any credibility among those you think you lead. It`s also the only way
you will ever attract naturally those like-minded individuals
who want to grow with
you -- not as a result
of you.
Maybe you've seen this one already, http://vimeo.com/5732745, but still 3 min of total huh...
Posted by Ivan on October 30, 2009 at 04:44 PM JST #
sorry, watch out for the comma if the link doesn't work.
Posted by Ivan on October 30, 2009 at 04:46 PM JST #