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       LEADERSHIP METAPHOR EXPLORER

       Creative Conversations for Better Leadership

       Facilitator’s Guide

      Charles J. Palus and David Magellan Horth

      Center for Creative Leadership

      CCL Stock No. PM004B

      ISBN 978-1-60491-142-8

      ©2012 Center for Creative Leadership

      Published by Center for Creative Leadership

      Sylvester Taylor, Director of Assessments, Tools, and Publications

      Peter Scisco, Manager, Publication Development

      Kelly Lombardino, Manager, Global Publication Dissemination and Licensing

      Stephen Rush, Editor

      Karen Lewis, Editor

      Layout by Joanne Ferguson

       Acknowledgments

      Many colleagues have contributed to the development of Leadership Metaphor Explorer as it has moved from an idea through several prototypes. Many thanks to Rich Hughes, André Martin, Steadman Harrison, Lyndon Rego, Bruce Flye, Greg Laskow, Clemson Turregano, Bill Adams, Jim Myracle, Tom Hickok, TZiPi Radonsky, Marie van Vuuren, Sarah Miller, Joel Wright, John McGuire, Gary Rhodes, Bill Pasmore, Diane Reinhold, Michelle Crouch, Barak Karabin, and Hamish Taylor.

       Quick Guide

      Leadership Metaphor Explorer enables creative, insightful conversations in and among groups of people about three topics: the kinds of leadership those groups presently have or practice, the kinds of leadership they need in the future, and how to develop those required forms of leadership—personally as one’s own leadership style and collectively as a shared leadership culture.

      Leadership Metaphor Explorer is a tool rather than a scripted exercise, and CCL recommends practicing first with just yourself and one other person. Each of the 83 cards illustrates a metaphor showing one of the ways people think about leadership.

      The following is a typical way to use the tool, requiring roughly 30 to 90 minutes.

      Prepare: Think about the purpose of the session. Get the right people in the room. Gather people together in small groups of no more than eight and no fewer than two. Your session could occur during a regular group meeting, coaching session, program, class, retreat, and so on.

      Frame: Ask the group to think about its big challenge (using its own words) and the kinds of leadership required to meet the challenge. There are many possible themes related to groups, leadership, culture, vision, strategy, beliefs, behaviors, boundaries, and so on. Spend some time in advance thinking about how best to frame this conversation for this group of people.

      Browse: You can spread out a single deck for everyone in the group to see, or you can give each person in the group a deck to choose from. Each person chooses two cards, one for each framing question. The cards people choose represent their responses or answers to the questions. Typical framing questions include the following:

      • Card #1: What is leadership typically like now in our organization as we face this challenge? (What is our leadership culture?)

      • Card #2: What will leadership need to be like in the future to resolve this challenge? (What kind of leadership culture will we need?)

      Reflect and Converse: Ask members of the group to discuss the cards they selected. Typical reflection questions the group members might use with one another include the following:

      • Why did you choose each card? What does the metaphor mean to you?

      • How are your cards similar to or different from my cards? Why?

      • How do you interpret this card that I picked? What does it mean to you? What else could it mean?

      • What patterns do we see across all the cards we chose? How do we interpret those patterns?

      • What do I or we need to stop doing? Start doing? Continue?

      Extend: Continue and deepen the conversation, if possible. Compare notes with groups having similar conversations. Begin to plan the leadership development that will be required for the future state. Preserve the cards (or digital photos of the cards) online and in digital reports, along with descriptive text, photos, and action plans from the conversations.

       Contents

       Introduction

       What Is Leadership Metaphor Explorer?

       What Does Leadership Metaphor Explorer Do?

       Using Leadership Metaphor Explorer

       How Does Leadership Metaphor Explorer Work?

       How Does Leadership Metaphor Explorer Address Leadership Types?

       When Should Leadership Metaphor Explorer Be Used?

       Why Should Leadership Metaphor Explorer Be Used?

       Who Can Conduct a Leadership Metaphor Explorer Session?

       Preparing for a Leadership Metaphor Explorer Session

       Creating Effective Framing Questions

       Conducting a Leadership Metaphor Explorer Session

       Step-by-Step Instructions

       Options

       Leadership Metaphor Explorer Applications

       INDIVIDUAL

       Self-Coaching

       One-on-One Coaching

       GROUP OR TEAM

       Team Coaching

       Business School Classroom

       ORGANIZATION OR COMMUNITY

       Leadership Strategy

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