Itay delivered the same topic in TED show 2009:
Live performance by 4 ISP students who played "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
From Kwai Yin:
It is refreshing to learn about the different styles of leadership from a different context - Orchestra conducting. Beliefs and values shape one's leadership style (of course, also the organisational culture). Itay used a few orchestras to represent the different kinds of organisations, amongst them are...
- Carlos Kleiber who danced, smiled, with his eyes communicating intimately with his musicians and his whole body speaking music.
- Riccardo Muti who was all control, severity and precision, his express, on stony and impenetrable, his hands slicing almost angrily through the air.
- Leonard Bernstein who was full of humour and demonstrated humanity, filled with love for the music and the musicians, his every glance and gesture full of expressiveness.
For each clip he showed, he elicited views of both perspectives from the audience, their like/dislike or desire to have the maestro in the organisation, which he insisted there was not right or wrong answers. This further illustrates there were pros and cons in each leadership 'style', depending on the culture of the organisation.
- For example, while one is recognised as a strong leader (who ensure success to tasks assigned), however, because of his (authoritative) leadership style which does not fit into the organisation's norm, it is quite unlikely that he could 'survive' in such organisation as others do not want to be lead by him! (EQ matters here!)
- While one is passionate and enjoys the work, and influences others; it does not necessary mean one is a good leader when instructions are unclear to the team members. So, it is good not to make assumptions based on one's acceptable code of behaviour.
- Must leaders take the 'lead' all the time? Why some leaders do not give clear instructions? Is it because they see the potential of the team and adopt a different strategy to build team spirit & team culture?
All in all, it was a very engaging session, and indeed he injected humour along the way...
For instance, he wittily borrowed words that we are familiar with from one context and apply in another - super-conductor, semi-conductor (Physics; Music). Hahaha...
In the 2nd half of the presentation, through his interaction with 4 young musicians, he conveyed the following:
- While the followers take the 'cue' from the leader, we should recognise that each and everyone play an equally important role when working as a team
- What happens if there is a change in leadership? Would the team performance be affected?
- How does one respond when one is out of his comfort zone and put in a 'passive' position?
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