Learning Set

2006

Examining Leadership and Yourself

Marion Lynch (Associate Dean Oxford Deanery)

&

Templeton College

Aim

• Objectives

Intro setting the scene.The Theory Bit.

Leading, influencing, making the difference and getting what you want.

•Issues related to making decisions, assertiveness and influencing were aspects noted last time.

•We will examine the reasons behind these (causes) rather than ‘cures’.

•We will do this with fun.

Leadership archetypes based on Jung/Olivier Mythodrama

STATIC DYNAMIC

‘FEMININE’

‘MASCULINE’

NURTURE

GREAT MOTHER

ORDER

GOOD KING

ACTION

WARRIOR

CHANGE

MEDICINE WOMAN

DeliberateMethodicalLogicalPractical

EmpathicReassuringReceptiveWarm

MotivatingForceful

ConfrontingConfident

CreativeAdaptableVisionaryInspired

Set objectivesRecognise effortAttend to detail

Challenge everythingDefeat oppositionFight battles

Form relationshipsBuild trust

Develop others

Imagine the future Build visionsCreate solutions

See: Richard Olivier (2001) ‘Inspirational Leadership’

Method Experiential Learning

• We are going to experience each of these ways of working.

• As a group we will spend five minutes in each ‘climate’

• Once we have accessed all area we will decide which it is that we prefer, which we hate and look at why.

• We will then review how we work, what goes wrong and see if it can be analysed through our own ways of working

Leadership archetypes gone wrong based on Jung/Olivier Mythodrama

STATIC DYNAMIC

‘FEMININE’

‘MASCULINE’

OVERNURTURE

DEVOURING MOTHER

RIGIDITY

BITTER OLD MAN

TYRANNY

MERCENARY

ECCENT-RICITY

MAD WOMAN

CynicalWearyBurnt-out

NaïveDevouring

BelligerentInsensitive

CrazyUncritical

Attribute blameObsessed with

detail

Fight everyoneCause conflictBully people

Destroy relationships

Encourageegocentrism

Addicted to changeCause confusionChange what’s good

See: Richard Olivier (2001) ‘Inspirational Leadership’

We are all potential leaders within the NHS

• Leaders have certain strengths that make them effective.

• Ideas?

• However, what happens to people when they feel that they are not succeeding?

• How do they manage / change / adapt?

• Ideas?

Strengths that can become ‘derailers’

• Diligent• Charming• Vivacious• Shrewd• Careful• Independent• Imaginative• Focussed

• Perfectionist• Manipulative• Dramatic• Mistrustful• Cautious• Detached• Eccentric• Passive Aggressive

Bringing it to their reality: Reflections

• What have you learnt from this session about yourself and others?

• How do you feel?

• What are you going to do differently?

• What will be the implications for you and for others?

Evaluation