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In Logan\u2019s set of questions and modules of training, each question is deeply developed. \u201cWho am I?\u201d focuses on the identity of the planter\/leader and the tension between transactional existence and transformational presence. \u201cWhat am I called to do?\u201d centers on contextualizing a broad calling into and exact setting and situation where a planter\u2019s\/leader\u2019s work will be lived out. \u201cWho will do it with me?\u201d draws attention to the dynamic of relational intelligence and the navigating of complex responsibilities, delegation, and empowerment of teams and varying groups of people and audiences. \u201cHow will I do it?\u201d concentrates on developing fluid plans and contingencies that allow for visionary thinking, strategic action, and innovative flexibility that accomplishes the goals. Finally, \u201cHow will I know if I am successful?\u201d emphasizes the battle of \u201cwinning\u201d with quantitative outcomes and \u201cwinning\u201d through qualitative results. Through each section of Nohria and Khurana\u2019s work, each article addressed aspects of each of these questions, tensions and foci.<\/p>\n
Having walked closely with many planters and living out a personal planting and leading journey of my own, I have experienced these five questions and dualities as a continual framework for a life long learning loop.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n I believe this cycle has allowed for a truly transformational journey requiring deep rflection and growth while on the frontline of leadership theory and practice. I have personally developed Logan\u2019s five questions into a narrative leadership development and planter training model (Who am I? \u2013 Storied; \u201cWhat am I called to do? \u2013 Ruined; \u201cWho will do it with me?\u201d \u2013 Banding; How will I do it? \u2013 Purposed; and \u201cHow will I know if I am successful?\u201d \u2013 Reigning) and in light of Nohria and Khurana\u2019s dualities introduced, I can see a strong alignment leading to the development of character and competency. The combining of these frameworks can be viewed as follows: 1) Living a \u201cStoried\u201d life: balancing the identity search between \u201cdoing\u201d and \u201cbeing;\u201d 2) Living a \u201cRuined\u201d life: balancing the calling search between the \u201cuniversal\u201d in a \u201ccontingent;\u201d 3) Living a \u201cBanding\u201d life: balancing the relational search between \u201cperson\u201d and \u201csocial role;\u201d 4) Living a \u201cPurposed\u201d life: balancing the strategy search between \u201cagency\u201d and \u201cconstraint;\u201d and 5) Living a \u201cReigning\u201d life: balancing the success search between \u201cperformance\u201d and \u201cmeaning.\u201d<\/p>\n Ultimately I would conclude that the \u201cHandbook of Leadership Theory and Practice\u201d is a fantastic start to a needed initiative to raise the bar on an ultimate leadership development journey that needs to be expanded to answer \u201cthe cry of our world.\u201d A work such as this can truly help our institutions establish a more robust effort of developing the kind of leaders with the full character and competency to respond to the demand and complexity of modern societies emerging in our world.<\/p>\n Nohria, Nitin, and Rakesh Khurana, eds. Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: an Hbs Centennial Colloquium On Advancing Leadership<\/em>. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2010.<\/p>\n <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [1] Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana, eds., Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: an Hbs Centennial Colloquium On Advancing Leadership<\/em> (Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2010), 24.<\/p>\n <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [2] Ibid., p.3<\/p>\n![\"Flow\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Flow-300x179.png\")
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