Class 1/19

Remember to turn on your practicum summary to turnitin.com today. See instructions and password in syllabus.

 Challenge: what does “Was Polonius right?” mean (see today's heading in syllabus)?

Remember: for the leadership article or Scripture presentations, to get started, we will go backwards through the alphabet.  Then we will go frontwards.. So here are the dates of the first presentations:

TUES FEB 2 Valdez, Priscilla V.

TUES FEB 2 1/28 Vartanian, David J.

THURS 1/28 Viney Jr., Tyrone

THURS 1/28 Webster, Bridget A.

Remember the "leadership lesson" from this little sheperdette i filmed in the Andes: "leading from behind"
 

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Strengths quest on Snickers bars:

From Strengths book:

"If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything. While our society encourages us to be well-rounded, this approach inadvertently breeds mediocrity."

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In-class exercise.. Set theory continued (see class blog for 1/12 for earlier discussion on set theory).  Remember next quiz is Thurs and is on set theory.


Pick a side of the room to stand on for each pair:

• apple or orange
• Target or Wal-Mart
• Red or blue
• Mac or PC
• Jew or Gentile
• leader or follower
• kiki or bouba
• big picture or little picture
• rock or country
• Israel or Palestine

What do remember about that last pair?

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We  continued watching the Matrix through 1:18: 27 mark.  Great discussion on leadership application, See also video and notes from last class.

Note: complete transcript of the film is here:

• Transcripts of The Matrix movies

Here are some links if you want to explore further

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• What the Matrix Taught me about Transformational Leadership
• Leadership Lessons From The Matrix
• Elements of Leadership: Part One – The Matrix
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Simon Sinek: Why Leaders Eat Last

We didn't watch this, but it's a good watch.  related to the donut exercise:

preview: TED Talk:

 

99U

57,450

 

 

Published on Dec 4, 2013

About this presentation

In this in-depth talk, ethnographer and leadership expert Simon Sinek reveals the hidden dynamics that inspire leadership and trust. In biological terms, leaders get the first pick of food and other spoils, but at a cost. When danger is present, the group expects the leader to mitigate all threats even at the expense of their personal well-being. Understanding this deep-seated expectation is the key difference between someone who is just an "authority" versus a true "leader."

For more on this topic, check out Sinek's latest book Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't now available for pre-order.

Watch more videos here: http://www.99u.com

3:30 Happiness breakdown (4 chemicals)
5:53 1) Endorphins
7:16 Importance of endurance
7:59 2) Dopamine
8:19 Dopamine is to make sure get stuff done
9:10 Goals must be tangible - we have to see the goal to stay focused
10:17 Dopamine is dangerous when unbalanced
15:07 Feel safe
15:40 In our organization, danger isn't a constant it is a variable
17:05 The responsibility of leadership is 2 things: 1) Determine who gets in and who doesn't 2) how big do we make the circle of safety
17:33 Great leaders extend safety to the outermost of the org
17:53 3) Serotonin - leadership chemical
19:30 Trying to enforce relationships
22:22 Value of group-living
22:28 Being alpha comes at a cost
26:01 The cost of leadership is self-interest
27:15 Makes you feel safe
27:34 4) Oxytocin
29:03 Businesses aren't rational, it's about feeling safe. "It's human -- physical touch"
29:27 "Human bonds matter"
29:29 Act of human generosity
32:19 Leaders spend time/energy not money
37:30 You have to make sure you can trust others as leaders because you won't have time to help everyone
38:47 Cortisone - the feeling of stress and anxiety
40:59 Needs to shut down during times
41:42 Cortisone inhabits oxytocin
42:18 "Our jobs are killing us.. leaders are responsible"
43:12 Leadership is a decision, a choice.

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Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek : Book Summary

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