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Being a Leader & the effective
exercise of Leadership:
An Ontological –
Phenomenological model
Presented by:
Shakti Ghosal
Acknowledgements Werner Erhard Michael C. Jensen
Independent Professor Emeritus
Harvard Business School
Jeri Echeverria
Executive Vice Chancellor,
Professor and Provost, Emerita
California State University
Kari Granger Steve Zaffron
Centre for Character & CEO, VANTO Group
Leadership Development & Sr. Program Leader
Leadership Coach LANDMARK Worldwide
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What does Leader &
Leadership mean for
Y U ?
There is a difference between
talking about and studying
Leadership / Performance
&
Actually creating Leaders and
heightened performance
…And this with over 120.000 books on Leadership
available ( and growing!) just on Amazon.com
The Current State of the
Science of Leadership The s holars do ot k o hat the are stud i g a d the
pra titio ers do ot k o hat it is the are doi g. - Joseph C. Rost, Leadership for the st e tur 99
I ost ature dis ipli es, the asi u its of a al sis a d ter s of reference are clearly and generally understood within that dis ipli e … Yet i the stud of leadership, o su h agreed upo o eptual u derpi i gs et e ist.
- Ronald Heifetz and Riley Sinder. A Theoreti al Fra e ork for the Pra ti e of Pu li Leadership
It is al ost a li hé of the leadership literature that a si gle defi itio of leadership is la ki g.
- Warren Bennis, The Challe ges of Leadership i the Moder World (2007)
On- the- Court or In- the- stands? Leader & Leadership can be accessed,
researched & taught either by:
• As being & action are
actually experienced O the Court .
• As these are actually lived
real time.
• First person experience of /
impacted by.
• Ontological /
Phenomenological.
• As being and action as
observed and commented
on from I the sta ds . • Described interpreted,
explained.
• Third perso theor of ho does it look like .
• Epistemological /
theoretical.
Most of us attempt to produ e a O -the - ourt
result fro a I -the-sta d approa h.
Do you think this would work?
What is it that makes extraordinary
leaders extraordinary?
Answering this Question from I -the-
“ta ds …..
• Most of us assume that extraordinary leaders
have something inside of them that makes
them extraordinary.
• We look at great leaders & attribute to them
key leadership ingredients viz. Charisma,
Courage, Visionary, Motivational, Compassion,
Patience etc.
• Then we teach others about these great
leaders and their characteristics and styles.
Answering the Question from O -the-
Court …
• ….. egi s ith the realisatio that these extraordinary leaders & high performers are
ordinary people like you and me.
• …… so hat akes these ordi ar people so effective?
What makes extraordinary leaders &
perfor ers so effe ti e…. ……. Is that the See,
Comprehend & therefore Interact with life (and situation) differently than most of us do.
Extraordinary leaders SEE….a d o e to li e in a different world.
Leadership & Performance is
less about what you KNOW,
and more about how you
“EE…..
The fa t is…… We are NEVE‘ respo di g to the situatio at ha d………
………. hat e respo d a d rea t to is the a the situation OCCURS for us.
M “tor ……. • Diesel Locomotive Workshop, Itarsi, India.
• Fresh with Engineering, Management and Leadership concepts & ideas.
• Knowing that I should be Courageous, Speak my mind, be authentic, be impartial did NOT automatically make me these.
What I did not realise then is that what I drew on
was not my learnt concepts but something in the
real of trai i g i ei g -an Ontological
concept.
My Diesel Locomotive shed
O urri g he I started……. • Dirty bays- Whe ou ork, ou
a t keep the lea . • Mediocre tools- What a ou
expect when you buy through
lo est pri e te der?
• Blame game-between Running
Schedule & Heavy Repairs
departments.
• This su ks attitude- militant trade
unions with anti-management
stance.
• Ca t do a thi g a out it . • I ill e here for to ears
before I will be transferred. I will
put up with it till then. No need to
ro k the oat .
My way of Being & my actions were consistent
with the way the situation occurred for me
Facts Presented
• Depressing place of
work- dirty bays.
• Mediocre tools.
• Anti Management Trade
Unions- could not be
depended on.
• Words people said.
Occurred for me
• It s hopeless . • No use . • I ha e ro g people,
wrong boss. I am in the
ro g pla e . • Doi g the est as I a ,
gi e the situatio .
My footplate inspections on running
lo o oti es……
• My first hand occurring of the needs of the traveller. Of medical emergencies. Reach workplace on time. Catch another train at ju tio . Weddi g troupe… a d so o .
Whe e do t operate ti el s hedules, people s li es get effe ted.
This new Context led to new
ways of Being & new
Actions…..
Whe e do t operate, people s li es get effe ted.
# 1 Diesel maintenance
workshop on Central
Railway
½ a through te ure….
• Component failures sent to
central laboratories for
metallurgical analysis +
design change: 54%
in On-line failures.
• Installed modern washing
facility-clean bays.
• USD ½ million indents in
new tools & equipments.
• morale & engagement.
Lower trade union activism.
So what creates a leader &
performance
It s ot hat ou k o …….. …….. It s ho ou see.
It s Not What You K o ……
……..It s Ho You “ee A perso s way of being and their
actions are correlated with (in a dance with) the way in which what they are dealing with occurs (shows up) for them.
Next Question:
What shapes the way in which something occurs for a person, and is there a specific o urri g for ei g a leader a d e er isi g
leadership effectively?
The Contextual Framework
Leader & Leadership is……….
being committed to realizing a future that
as t goi g to happe
that fulfils the concerns of all relevant parties
including those who lead you and those you
lead
Which future gives you being and action in the
present
that results in the realisation of the future.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP TODAY
Should you need to discuss
any aspect further, do
contact:
• Shakti Ghosal
• +968 99374044 • [email protected]
• http://www.empathinko.com
