Sublime

People will confer authority or volunteer to follow you because they are looking to you to provide a service, to be a champion, a representative, an expert, a doer who can provide solutions within the terms that they understand the situation.

TAKE THE HEAT AND HOLD STEADY.

exemplifies the power and qualities of an artist: the ability to work on an edge, in an interdependent relationship with the medium, with a capacity for creative improvisation.

the essence of the contribution of this approach are three key provisions that must be considered in any effort to teach the art of leadership that can serve the common good in a time of heightened complexity and change: the formation of a seeing heart, an informed mind, and a little courage. This requires learning how to pay attention with compass

the best way to shape a person’s heart is not simply to pour more knowledge into his or her brain. Rather, training the heart involves capturing people’s imaginations (minds), moving their emotions (affections), and encouraging them to act (wills).

Artists learn “everything they can about the medium(s) with which they work … what they can expect from it and where it will fall short.”

This approach contends that those who practice leadership are not in control in the way that heroic leadership and organizational charts imply,

charisma is defined not by one’s innate abilities, but by whether one’s thoughts and actions have resonance within the larger group.

inspiration is dangerous. To teach a politician or a business manager how to be inspiring without also trying to teach them the importance of being trustworthy with the power they will gain because of their inspirational capacity is negligent, even immoral.