Leadership Metaphor Explorer™ is a deck of postcard-size cards illustrated with a rich variety of drawings and captions designed to provoke insights and different perspectives about leadership, in support of creative conversations. By CCL Labs at the Center for Creative Leadership (David Magellan Horth, Charles J. Palus, Steadman Harrison, Lyndon Rego). More on Leadership Metaphor Explorer here: http://www.leadingeffectively.com/leadership-explorer/category/metaphor/ Webinar Series Archive is here: http://www.leadingeffectively.com/leadership-explorer/introductory-webinars-for-explorers-and-essentials/

1. Leadership Metaphor Explorer™
Chuck Palus
David Magellan Horth
Center for Creative Leadership
CCL Labs Webinar Series
22 February 2017

2. Leadership Metaphor Explorer™
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7. http://www.leadingeffectively.com/leadership-
explorer/category/metaphor/

8. http://solutions.ccl.org/Leadership-Metaphor-
Explorer-Facilitators-Guide-Set

9. http://www.leadingeffectively.com/leadership-
explorer/about-leadership-essentials/

10. http://www.leadingeffectively.com/leadership-
explorer/dialogue-by-putting-something-in-the-middle/

11. Think about the way you are
when you are at your best as
a leader.
Choose a card that describes
what that’s like …
Put the letter of the card (corner)
in the chat box. Why did you
choose this card?

12. A

13. B

14. C

15. D

16. E

17. F

18. G

19. H

20. A B C D
E F G H

21. What are metaphors?
Metaphors and analogies are fundamental modes for thinking and
living
• Not (just) a part of speech
• Like-ness
• Exploring new or complex ideas
• Lakoff & Johnson, Metaphors We Live By
• Hofstadter, Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
 Life is a journey
 Time is a river
 Love is war, love is a journey, love is a rose
 Social organizations are plants
 Managers are coaches
 Leadership is an art
 Leaders are pilots
 Leaders are generals
 Leaders are parents
 Leadership is a journey
And so on… For every thought we have.

22. What are leadership metaphors?
“Leadership” is a fantastically diverse category.
• How to talk about and engage this variety?
• Theories plus metaphors
• Direction, Alignment, Commitment: The DAC Framework
• Anything that produces DAC might be leadership.
What are the metaphors and analogies for leadership based on
DAC?
• Leaders, and, Leadership
• Coach, guide, tyrant, queen, king, parent, gardener, architect, preacher, …
• Squadron, flock, band, mob, gang, team, community, coalition, …
Leadership Metaphor Explorer™
• Supportive Teachers
• World-Class Athletes
• Silicon Valley of Innovation
• Self-Catalyzing Renaissance
• And so on …

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Leadership in Permanent White Water
Making Shared Sense of Complexity

25. Metaphoric Reasoning
Shared Sense Making
Leveraging Polarities
Recognizing Patterns
Navigating Complexity
Yields to
Tangled Transparency
Paradoxical (New) Possibilities
Unpredictable Understanding
Rapid (New) Reality
ThroughRUPT

29. In your organization or community …
When you are doing your best work together:
How are direction, alignment, and commitment
(DAC) created?
Choose a card that describes
what that’s like …
Put the letter of the card (corner) in the
chat box. Why did you choose this card?

30. I

31. J

32. K

33. L

34. M

35. N

36. O

37. P

38. Q

39. Q
I J K
L M N
O P

40. What behaviors & beliefs
will help drive the business strategy?

41. Leadership Culture as Shared Action Logics
Dependent leadership culture beliefs
People in authority are
responsible for leadership.
Interdependent leadership culture beliefs
Leadership is a collective activity.

42. Global
Adaptive
Sustainable
Multi-regional
Entrepreneurial
Heroic
Local
Routine
Regimented
Business Strategy:
current
capability
ceiling
new cultural
core capability
Leadership
Strategy
What behaviors & beliefs will
help drive the business
strategy?

43. October 2009 43
CTS
working
Our relationships
NOW
Our relationships for the
FUTURE strategy
Across
Clusters
with
Partner A
with
Partner B
A few
key
words
for each
…
Flow together
Harness power
Unified agenda
??
TAPE cards to
chart
Create one
chart per
small group
Capture a few
key words for
each
Debate and
decide one
card per each
cellConnected
Mutual
respect
Virtual
spaces
What behaviors & beliefs will help
drive the business strategy?

45. What behaviors & beliefs
will help drive the
business strategy?

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