Essay About Leadership Learnings And Arts Of Leadership

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,