The Artful Leader
Artists and business leaders have many parallels. Both involve having a guiding vision, a potent point of view, formulating an ideal, navigating chaos and the unknown, and finally, producing a new creation.
The arts take us on adventures in creative expression that help us safely explore unknown territory, overcome fear, and take risks. We can transfer these learning experiences to the workplace. Art-making has an alchemical effect on the imagination. Art takes people out of the realm of analytical thinking and into the realm of silence, reverie, and heightened awareness.
Exercises designed to effect shifts in perception, help people break out of traditional mind sets. Activities involving drawing, or painting, and de-coding images, awaken the senses, sharpen insights and allow exciting possibilities for taking creative risks—both personally and professionally.
Images communicate more powerfully than words and have a language of their own. They are inherently rich in metaphor and symbolism. Visualizing information helps us see patterns, make connections, think metaphorically, decipher complexity, discern emerging futures and create shared visions amongst different people in different departments.
This workshop explores the arts as a metadisciplinary catalyst for transformation in culture, creativity, identity, and your own personal development as a leader.
Topics
• Metaphors we lead by
• Creativity
• Coming to our senses: Visual language, auditory, intuition
• Aesthetics
• Visionary skills
• Emergence
• Contemplation and reflection
• Storytelling
• Collaboration
• Overcoming fear and having the courage to create
• Leadership presence
Learning Outcomes:
• Artful reflection
• Visionary thinking
• Fostering a creative culture
• Employee engagement
• Tapping into multiple ways of knowing
• Creating vs reacting
• Zen presence
• Reduce stress
• Thinking with the heart
Time frame: 1 or 2 days
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