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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.
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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. • Introduce self to 4 people you don’t know by saying your name and sharingthe descriptive word of your favorite leader. • Create groups of 4, sharedescriptions, discuss what descriptions are missing from the group. Postdescriptions on flip chart. • Share descriptions with the full group.
Overview of Leadership All professionals have responsibility to LEAD—to use their talents and skills for the common good
Successful Organizations Embrace a belief in people—their capacity, energy, creativity, commitment, ability to take action!
Reflection Recognizes multiple perspectives and connections Reformulates ideas Addresses situations Acknowledges that things get messy
Activity:A Bit of Reflection • Close your eyes, reflecton your definition ofLEADERSHIP - Writeyour definition on a sticky note - Look at your definition: Does it include: - A person in a position? - Traits of leadership (e.g., interacting with people, “walking the talk”)? - Power, drive, influence, action?
Leadership is: Participation to be energized Adventure to be embraced Total engagement, offered for well-being of the earth, and its inhabitants
Leadership is an active, mind-engaging, shared human process of meaning making in a community of practice
Leadership is Reflective Human Action
Core Principles • Authenticity • Ethical Sensibility • Spirituality
Principles of Practice -Accept Chaos -Share Information -Develop Relationships -Embrace Vision
Authenticity Central Organizing Principle
Activity: Define Authenticity -Form a group of three -Oneword definition -Post word on sticky note on flip chart -Reviewsynonyms
Authenticity is: Ability to be true to one’s own personality, spirit, and character
Authenticity is guided & judged by hope, integrity, honesty, humility, genuineness, trustworthiness
Personal Authenticity
Ethical Action Includes • Intellectual and moral defensibility • Engagement, participation • Justice, fairness, freedom • Accountability for action • Commitment over time • Potential, possibility • Attention, caring
Activity:Exploring Ethical Dilemmas - Turnto person on your right - Readthe scenario together - Answer: What is the ethical dilemma? Using what you know already about ethical sensibility, how would you respond?
Ethical Sensibility COURAGE to act based on: - principles of human dignity, & respect - honesty with self - action for the common good
Ethical Principles -Love -Justice -Dwelling -Freedom -Participation -Responsibility As they seek consensus in diversity
Spirituality • Human capacity that gives our lives passion and purpose • Deeply alive place within each of us that longs for fulfillment • Depth, value, heart, relatedness, personal substance, or soul
Environment of Leadership New sciences applied to people and organizations Paradigm shift toward holism and primacy of relationships Use new ways of thinking to release human potential and creativity to enhance quality of life
Leadership and the New Science • CHAOS—renewal and revitalization • INFORMATION—primary organizing force • RELATIONSHIPS—strength, empowerment • VISION—re-creation of workplaces and world
Highlights of Leadership & the New Science What stands out as a highlight of Leadership & the New Science?
Accept Chaos CHAOS: A process The final state in a system’s move away from order
Activity: Experiencing Chaos • Form a group of 3 • Share time when you experienced/observed chaos (might be a time of being overwhelmed, confused, unable to make sense of anything) • Share how you/other person responded • Share what happened when the chaotic period ended • Share with large group
Chaos: A Natural Transition to a New State
Chaos Creative and ordering force Change perspective See things from a different vantage point
Information Primary organizing force in any organization
Activity: Positive-Negative Effects of Information • Form a group of 8 • 4 describe situations in which information has been used negatively • 4 describe situations in which information has been used positively • Select one negative-information situation to share • Dialogue about how outcome might have been different if group had had access to pertinent information • Reflect about what part you can play in enhancing information or its flow in any organization
Information -Moves through the system -Disturbs the peace -Nourishes new life -Engenders creativity -Encourages innovation
Vision-- An energy field expressive of purpose and direction
Vision Messages Guide people and organizations through change
Relationships -Heart of who we are as humans -Give meaning and significance to our lives -Must be strengthened -Find ways for people and ideas to meet and change in relationship to each other
Relationships are not fostered by tinkering with incentives, retraining groups, revising policies and rules, or designing another organizational chart!
Activity:Positive & Negative Relationships • Group yourselves on the basis of a happy face or a sad face. • Happyface holders dialogue about situations of positive relationships. Sadface holders dialogue about situations ofnegative relationships. • Identify characteristics of power-overrelationships. • Identify organizational activities that foster power-with relationships.
Develop Relationships Power-with cultures-positive, people valued Power-over cultures-negative, people viewed as cogs in wheels
Activity:Inner Strengths Assessment -Complete Inner Strengths Assessment individually -Share with person of choice -Share something you learned about self with entire group
Self-awareness, conscience, independent will, creative imagination
