Leadosophy

Episode 76 Leadosophy is about using the tools of philosophical thoughts to deepen our understanding not just of leadership but also of life. Michael Woody co-hosts on a three-part series where Michael reflects upon his first year as a college freshman: the challenges, successes, obstacles, and future plans.

Over the next three episodes, Michael discusses life on the golf team, the benefits of joining a fraternity, and the rigors of academic life in the midst of a pandemic.

This is part two of three.

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 75 Leadosophy is about using the tools of philosophical thoughts to deepen our understanding not just of leadership but also of life. Michael Woody co-hosts on a three-part series where Michael reflects upon his first year as a college freshman: the challenges, successes, obstacles, and future plans.

Over the next three episodes, Michael discusses life on the golf team, the benefits of joining a fraternity, and the rigors of academic life in the midst of a pandemic.

This is part one of three.

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 74 Leadosophy examines the concept of vulnerability and its link to leadership. Vulnerability can mean many different things in leadership. By its nature leadership implies you’ll experience some amounts of vulnerability whether you like it or not. A leader’s actions, decisions, and ideas are constantly under scrutiny. Leaders are constantly being watched and judged. There’s no way around this.

Must you embrace the state of vulnerability as a leader?

Is this a skill that can be developed?

Can self-confidence diminish the powerful feelings of fear and anxiety created by states of vulnerability?

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 73 Leadosophy reads an article in PhilosophyNow by David Macintosh. He discusses Plato's idea of the Forms, and Leadosphy carries this concept into the realm of leadership. This is a great episode if you want to geek out on some Ancient Philosophy with a side of Leadership knowledge.

References

https://philosophynow.org/issues/90/Plato_A_Theory_of_Forms

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 72 Tim tells a circa 2003 tale of epistemic humility, a story that he examines through the lens of Leadosophy to expose his knowledge flaws and lack of epistemic humility. His actions almost resulted in grave consequences. But, through reflection, we can understand some pitfalls Tim fell into and maybe avoid those same pitfalls in our day-to-day leader-follower interactions.

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 71 Leadosophy discusses an excerpt from Barbara Kellerman's book "The End of Leadership," plus a short clip where she discusses the changing dynamics of leader-follower. Do we place too much emphasis on the leadership industry as a whole? As a society, do we overvalue the role of the leader and not talk enough about the role of followers? Can we really "teach" leadership?

References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIo5_eJs5-Y&t=336s

Kellerman, B. (2012). The end of leadership. HarperCollins.

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 70 Leadosophy continues the leadership philosophy discussion. What purpose does a philosophy of leadership serve? I think this looks different for everyone. Where would you start in the development of a leadership philosophy? Values, beliefs, judgments, assumptions: they come from somewhere and they are the filters through which you understand, you act, you decide, you judge others and their behavior and their actions, you judge what is good and what is bad, what is just or unjust in the workplace.

You have a leadership philosophy, but maybe you have not spent time contemplating your philosophy of leadership, working out the kinks, working out your leadership methods. If leadership is a set of skills, should you understand the skills you have, the skills you don’t have but need?

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 69 Leadosophy examines the importance of developing a leadership philosophy. Is it needed? What purpose does it serve? Leadosophy examines a few leadership philosophies from those who were willing to share their philosophy on the Leadosophy FB group.

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 68 Leadosophy discusses the power of crowdsourcing leadership knowledge through the art of dialogue. The Leadosophy Facebook Group is a private group with 86 members currently. This group allows you to reflect and self-reflect in a private space and about leadership and other philosophically charged concepts like how we accrue leadership knowledge, how can we discover and refine our purpose as leaders and as humans, what’s the essence of leadership, and so forth.

In today's episode, Leadosphy reflects on the leader's "perspective" which surfaced within the FB group by a good friend. His wise words will help anyone deepen their understanding of leadership and possibly refine their concept of leadership.

If you would like to join the Leadosophy FB group, click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/906436990115003

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 67 Leadosophy examines a county-by-county effort in Indiana, USA where leadership programs are ongoing. We examine a couple of newspaper articles that outline the programs and what they are designed to achieve. Leadosophy provides some analysis on the strength of these programs—more examples of leadership outside of the workplace.

References

https://www.newspapers.com/search/#query=leadership&p_province=us-in&dr_year=2018-2021

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.