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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Create one chart per

small group

Capture a few key words for

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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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