Leadership Metaphor Explorer™
Chuck PalusDavid Magellan HorthCenter for Creative Leadership
CCL Labs Webinar Series22 February 2017
Leadership Metaphor Explorer™
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CCL Labs Webinar Series22 February 2017
Leadership Explorer™ SeriesResources at:www.leadingeffectively.com/leadership-explorer
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Think about the way you are when you are at your best as
a leader.
Choose a card that describes what that’s like …
Put the letter of the card (corner) in the chat box. Why did you
choose this card?
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What are metaphors?Metaphors and analogies are fundamental modes for thinking and living
• Not (just) a part of speech• Like-ness• Exploring new or complex ideas• Lakoff & Johnson, Metaphors We Live By• Hofstadter, Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
Life is a journey Time is a river Love is war, love is a journey, love is a rose Social organizations are plants Managers are coaches Leadership is an art Leaders are pilots Leaders are generals Leaders are parents Leadership is a journey
And so on… For every thought we have.
What are leadership metaphors?“Leadership” is a fantastically diverse category.
• How to talk about and engage this variety?• Theories plus metaphors• Direction, Alignment, Commitment: The DAC Framework• Anything that produces DAC might be leadership.
What are the metaphors and analogies for leadership based on DAC?
• Leaders, and, Leadership• Coach, guide, tyrant, queen, king, parent, gardener, architect, preacher, …• Squadron, flock, band, mob, gang, team, community, coalition, …
Leadership Metaphor Explorer™• Supportive Teachers• World-Class Athletes• Silicon Valley of Innovation• Self-Catalyzing Renaissance • And so on …
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Leadership in Permanent White Water
Making Shared Sense of Complexity
Metaphoric Reasoning
Shared Sense Making
Leveraging Polarities
Recognizing Patterns
Navigating Complexity
Yields to
Tangled Transparency
Paradoxical (New) Possibilities
Unpredictable Understanding
Rapid (New) Reality
ThroughRUPT
In your organization or community … When you are doing your best work together:
How are direction, alignment, and commitment (DAC) created?
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What behaviors & beliefs will help drive the business strategy?
Leadership Culture as Shared Action Logics
Dependent leadership culture beliefsPeople in authority areresponsible for leadership.
Interdependent leadership culture beliefs Leadership is a collective activity.
GlobalAdaptive
Sustainable
Multi-regionalEntrepreneurial
Heroic
LocalRoutine
Regimented
Business Strategy:
current capability
ceiling
new cultural core capability
LeadershipStrategy
What behaviors & beliefs will help drive the business
strategy?
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Our relationships NOW
Our relationships for the FUTURE strategy
Across Clusters
withPartner A
withPartner B
A few key words for each …
Flow together
Harness power
Unified agenda
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chart
Create one chart per
small group
Capture a few key words for
each
Debate and decide one
card per each cellConnected
Mutual respect
Virtual spaces
What behaviors & beliefs will help drive the business strategy?
What behaviors & beliefs will help drive the business strategy?
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