Leadership Without Authority
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
How do you exercise leadership when you don’t have any authority over the people you’re supposed to lead? This is one of the most frequent challenges I hear about as I prepare to design Music Paradigm sessions. Every time I’m reminded of a story that Mark Kiefaber, the brilliant Lead Partner at Focus Leadership, LLC, [...]
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The Pope on working like an orchestra
Saturday, March 2, 2013
On his last day, Pope Benedict XVI was widely quoted as saying “May the College of Cardinals work like an orchestra, where diversity — an expression of the universal church — always works toward a higher and harmonious agreement.”
I am grateful to Pope Benedict for drawing the world’s attention to the symphony orchestra. I [...]
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Watching Daniele Gatti
Friday, March 1, 2013
I recently attended the dress rehearsal of the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Parsifal . I had heard great things about the conductor, Daniele Gatti, and was excited to see and hear what he’d achieved.
The Met orchestra always sounds great. But this time it seemed to speak with one voice. It was as if every musician [...]
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