Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Resonant Leader
Based on class discussions to date and looking back at your experience leading (and being led), how will you recognize "resonant leadership" as you move forward from this class. What would resonant leadership look like, sound like, and feel like when seen in a team captain, student government leader, youth group leader, or any other role in which you might find yourself?
A resonant leader is a leader who is passionate about the needs of those that they lead and are very good about connecting emotionally with those that they lead. Resonant leaders always have followers behind them because of how passionate they are about what they are doing, others are wanting to follow. For example, moving forward from this class, I would recognize resonant leadership on the basketball team, if everyone was working together to create opportunities for all players on the team to be successful on the court. It would be recognized by the team captain playing with a passion and encouraging the other players and also leading by example on the court. The opposite of a resonant leader is a dissonant leader. One who isn't passionate about what they are doing and doesn't connect with their followers at all.
Goleman Quote Reflection
"No creature can fly with just one wing. Gifted leadership occurs where heart and head - feeling and thought - meet. These are the two wings that allow a leader to soar."
This quote truly makes a lot of sense to me, a leader with "just one wing" will not be near as effective as a leader with two wings and will never be able to soar like the leader with two wings. In saying two wings, I mean that a leader must have both the heart and the head to complete and lead through tasks. If the leader only has one wing, or just heart for example, that leader may have all the desire to get the work done but doesn't have the head, or the creative nature, forward looking, and the intelligence "wing" of leadership. On the other hand if the leader only has the head "wing" of leadership they will be lacking the heart or ability to relate to others and understand their emotions and the desire to get the task completed. Goleman's quote recognizes that a successful leader needs both feeling and thought to be able to "soar" as a leader.
This quote truly makes a lot of sense to me, a leader with "just one wing" will not be near as effective as a leader with two wings and will never be able to soar like the leader with two wings. In saying two wings, I mean that a leader must have both the heart and the head to complete and lead through tasks. If the leader only has one wing, or just heart for example, that leader may have all the desire to get the work done but doesn't have the head, or the creative nature, forward looking, and the intelligence "wing" of leadership. On the other hand if the leader only has the head "wing" of leadership they will be lacking the heart or ability to relate to others and understand their emotions and the desire to get the task completed. Goleman's quote recognizes that a successful leader needs both feeling and thought to be able to "soar" as a leader.
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