Questions to consider
- Can you lead with less control or a different kind of control?
- Must "control" be a zero-sum game?
- Is there joy in leading by helping other people tell their own stories?
- Is leadership only about technique or is it more about meaning?
- Are we using team members, employees, or students as instruments for our own ends or are they viewed as partners, where their development is a central consideration for us?
- Is not leadership also about creating the processes, structure, and conditions that allow team members to perform autonomously? Can you still be "in control" and let people be/feel free? Can the structure create the conditions for that freedom?
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• Benjamin Zander on music and passion









Excellent. Zander's was among my all-time favorite TED talks, but Itay's is now right up there. Hearing both of their thoughts on leadership and motivation, it's a wonder we think of business as so far removed from music and the arts.
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I want only one thing from a conductor--a clear indication, in every measure, of his opinion of where "1" is. All the other bells and whistles are nice, and welcomed, but I'm earning my pay by doing what the conductor wants. As much as I enjoy performing, it all comes down to that, or I don't get paid!
I love the contrasts he presents with different conductors although I wouldn't be a success with many of them!
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When you read about the Duke Ellington's jazz band management you also see this sense of control that allows all participants to tell their own story. Nice read!
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