The Dance of Leadership: The Art of Leading in Business, Government, and Society: The Art of Leading in Business, Government, and Society

by Denhardt; Janet V

• ISBN13: 9780765617347
• ISBN10: 076561734X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-01-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Exploring the Art of Leadership	3	(19)
What Is the Art of Leadership?	6	(5)
Drawing Lessons from the Arts	11	(5)
A New Language for Leadership	16	(4)
Reprise	20	(2)
The Interplay of Space, Time, and Energy	22	(23)
The Elements of Dance	24	(4)
Working with Space	28	(5)
Working with Time	33	(7)
Working with Energy	40	(4)
Reprise	44	(1)
Understanding the Rhythms of Human Interaction	45	(33)
The Roots of Rhythm in the Human Experience	49	(6)
How Rhythms Interact with One Another	55	(2)
The Tempo of Groups and Organizations	57	(6)
Cycles, Stillness, and Nonmetric Rhythm	63	(5)
Leading with Rhythm	68	(9)
Reprise	77	(1)
Communicating in Images, Symbols, and Metaphors	78	(29)
Empathy and Emotion	81	(7)
Evocative Speaking	88	(12)
Physicality and Movement	100	(5)
Reprise	105	(2)
Improvising with Creativity and Spontaneity	107	(28)
The Elements of Improvisation	111	(17)
Leading Improvisational Organizations	128	(5)
Reprise	133	(2)
Leading from Within	135	(28)
The Inner Disciplines	138	(16)
The Inner Resources	154	(8)
Reprise	162	(1)
Learning the Art of Leadership	163	(14)
The Studio Experience	166	(4)
Lessons from Learning the Arts	170	(5)
Reprise	175	(2)
Appendix: List of Interviews	177	(4)
Artists, Musicians, and Dancers	177	(1)
Leaders in Business, Government, Nonprofit Organizations, the Military, Higher Education, and the World of Sports	178	(3)
References	181	(6)
Index	187