Course Materials for Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model

Erhard, Werner; Jensen, Michael C.; Zaffron, Steve; Granger, Kari L.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1263835

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“…What is distinctive about this ontological phenomenological perspective is that it provides access to ways of exercising effective leadership as-lived, in the first-person, in the real world, in real time and with real results (Souba, 2011b;Erhard, Jensen, Zaffron, & Granger, 2011). Neuroscience tells us about what happens "in here" but we can't actually experience our activated neural networks in vivo; we can only experience what is generated "in here" out in the world, that is, "out here" where leadership and life happen.…”

Section: Flipping the Prevailing Paradigm Of Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…What is distinctive about the human world is that it is constituted in, shaped by, and accessible through language (Souba, 2011a;Souba, 2011b;Erhard, Jensen, Zaffron, & Granger, 2011). In other words, access to any phenomenon is granted by language.…”

Section: Leverage the Power Of Languagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…For humans (and teams and organizations), integrity has to do with one's word being whole and complete Erhard, Jensen, Zaffron, & Granger, 2011;Christensen, 2009). By "keeping your word" we mean doing what you said you would do-keeping your promise.…”

Section: The House Of Leadership Foundationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The term commitment means being "committed to something bigger than yourself" such that who you are being and your actions are in service of realizing something beyond your personal concerns for yourself (Souba, 2011b;Erhard, Jensen, Zaffron, & Granger, 2011). The future is always the context for the present and a bold, compelling future provides you with the resolve and intestinal fortitude (in the present) to deal with whatever breakdown may occur along the way to creating that future.…”

Section: The House Of Leadership Foundationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Unless one knows how to lead one's self, it would be presumptuous for anyone to be able to lead others effectively… Leading one's self implies cultivating the skills and processes to experience a higher level of self-identity beyond one's ordinary, reactive ego level… To get beyond their "ordinary, reactive ego", effective leaders relentlessly work on "unconcealing" the prevailing mental maps that they carry around in their heads (Souba, 2011a;Souba, 2011b;Erhard, Jensen, Zaffron, & Granger, 2011). This unveiling is critical because leaders are more effective when they are not limited by their hidden frames of reference and taken-for-granted worldviews.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Science of Leading Yourself: A Missing Piece in the Health Care Transformation Puzzle

Souba

2013

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Personal transformation is a prerequisite for sustainable transformation of our health care system. Integrating research from the language sciences, phenomenology, psychology and neurobiology, this article reviews the science of leading oneself. Because this "inward" journey can be alien and disorienting, the Language Leadership Performance Model is helpful in illustrating the relationship between the circumstances the leader is dealing with (the leadership challenge), the context (point of view) the leader brings to that challenge, and the leader's way of being and acting (the definitive source of the leader's performance). Using language, effective leaders reframe their leadership challenges such that their naturally correlated ways of being and acting provide them with new opportunity sets for exercising exemplary leadership. Using a house metaphor (The House of Leadership), a foundation for being a leader and a framework for exercising leadership are constructed. Laying the foundation of the model involves mastering the four pillars of being a leader. Erecting the framework entails building a contextual schema, which, when mastered, becomes a construct that in any leadership situation gives one the power to lead effectively as one's natural self-expression. Both of these activities-laying the foundation and erecting the framework-involve a deconstruction of one's existing leadership paradigm. Finally, A Heuristic for Leading Oneself is offered as a useful guide or owner's manual as one embarks on this inward journey. Leading oneself is a uniquely human activity-studying it and how it works is a vital piece in solving the health care transformation puzzle.

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Section: Flipping the Prevailing Paradigm Of Leadershipmentioning

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Section: Leverage the Power Of Languagementioning

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Section: The House Of Leadership Foundationmentioning

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Section: The House Of Leadership Foundationmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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