Is it possible to lead without leading? Orchestra conductor Itay Talgam discovered in his TED talk that the secret of good conduction is leadership in general. He describes the thinking of leaders of all types and shows the corresponding mode of action.
While I watched the video I asked myself:
- Can we lead with less control or a different kind of control?
- Is there joy in leading by helping other people tell their own stories?
- Is leadership only about technique or is it more about meaning?
- Are we using team members or employees as instruments for our own ends or are they viewed as partners?
- Is not leadership also about creating the processes and conditions that allow team members to perform autonomously?
- Can we still be “in control” and let people be or feel free?
- Can a organizational structure create the conditions for that freedom?
When we finally created all needed processes and conditions, gave support and got to the wonderful point of “doing without doing” then we should keep in mind “if you love something give it away”, as Itay Talgam says.
