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SERVICES
Keynote
Talks — Engaging the Imagination,
The Leader's New Work
Leadership
Retreats — Leading Artfully;
Engaging the Commons of the Imagination
Organizational
And Community Dialogues — Stewardship
of the Commons, The Art of Collective Engagement
Leading Artfully
with Michael Jones
—Speaker and Seminar Outline
“Michael Jones brings a unique sensibility to leadership.
While others writers address style, process, and leadership
issues, Michael illuminates the deep parallels between leadership
and the creative process.”
By Peter M. Senge, Author The Necessary Revolution and The
Fifth Discipline, Founding Chair SoL (The Society for Organizational
Learning) Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management.
“Michael Jones is an outstanding pianist- his connections
to leadership are equally powerful”
Nick Nissley Executive Director, Leadership Development,
The Banff Centre
Two roads diverged in a wood
And I took the road less traveled by
And that has made all the difference
Robert Frost
A widely acclaimed pianist/composer and recognized national
speaker, Michael Jones brings a unique approach to inspiring
leaders to value new ways of thinking in order to see familiar
landscapes through fresh eyes. Drawing upon evocative personal
stories to convey his message and musical performances to deepen
it, Michael offers a compelling and fresh perspective on the
learning journey to authentic leadership by inspiring leaders
to develop a renewed clarity of purpose and tapping into the
creativity that is found in the authority of their own experience.
To take ‘this road less traveled’ involves a shift
of mind from conformity to gifts and uniqueness, from abstraction
to beauty and the spirit of place, from efficiency to improvisation
and emergent possibility and from utility to the expressive
power of their own story and voice. Together these shifts
in awareness awaken a new and dynamic field of possibility
that transforms our mechanistic view of the world to a sustainable
and transformative vision that is more creative, organic and
whole.
The organizations and communities that will thrive in the
new economy will be the ones that engage these shifts of awareness
in order to foster a learning culture that keeps creativity
and innovation foremost in their minds.
Highlights from his presentations and seminars on Leading
Artfully include;
- To recognize how our own gifts and unique strengths help
us appreciate and draw out the strengths and gifts in others.
- To become consciously aware of what feels most vital and
alive around us so that we they
find fertile ground for their gifts and potential to take
root and grow.
- To learn to lead without a script and trust that they
will discover new insights and strength in
their ‘not knowing.’
- To recognize that leaders need to think and feel like
artists in order to sense the subtle shifts
in the energy, tonal quality and atmosphere in a group or
organization.
- To become stewards of the whole able to inspire a culture
of innovation, transformational
change and continuous learning.
- To recognize how the power of space and silence, of personal
and collective reflection and
continuous renewal helps leaders see the big picture and
the long view.
For information on speaker availability and fees please write
to
michael.jones@pianoscapes.com
For a printable speaker bio please click
here
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