Section Three: Leadership on the Ark: Context, Styles and Practices
Chapter Six
Leadership on the Ark I: The Context
“We are always making decisions in relationship to the environment in which we find ourselves. There are moments and places within an organization when specific types of leadership are needed to address specific issues and manage specific modes of anxiety. In short, each of us can provide certain kinds of leadership functions in specific moments and places.”
Chapter Seven
Leadership on the Ark II: Convening Task
“Each production and service task in an organization relates directly to one or more of the Best Practices and to one or more of the leadership styles. This chapter provides an analysis of these tasks and related best practices and styles.”
Chapter Eight
Leadership on the Ark III: Nature of Issues and Environment Being Engaged
“Organizations face many different kinds of issues and work in diverse environments. They often need different approaches to leadership in working with these issues and in these environments.”
Chapter Nine
Leadership on the Ark IV: Four Characteristics
“In this chapter, we explore the five final characteristics: organizational structures and operations, ownership of the organization, nature and maturity level groups with which the leader is working, and prevalent organizational climate. We will briefly consider each of these characteristics and suggest ways in which each of the five Best Practices and seven leadership styles relates to this characteristic.”
Chapter Ten
Six Cultures on the Ark: Leadership Coaching Perspectives and Challenges
“Our Ark—and all Arks in our contemporary mid-21st Century world—resides in a powerful, change-resistant cultural context shaped by the customs, traditions and dominant beliefs of those living in the society/sea in which this ark is sailing. There are also cultures operating within all arks that help to determine the relative predominance of and influence provided by each of the seven leadership styles and five best practices. In this chapter, we describe six of these cultures and relate each of these cultures to the leadership styles and best practices we have highlighted in this book.”
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