{"id":33891,"date":"2023-11-03T11:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T18:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=33891"},"modified":"2023-11-03T11:01:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T18:01:04","slug":"leadership-that-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/leadership-that-moves\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership that Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was listening to a top 100 pop radio station while driving with Anya the other day when I made a comment that anyone who is unfamiliar with what they\u2019re listening to might make: \u201cew, music just isn\u2019t as good as it used to be\u201d. We switched stations and a song from \u201cour time\u201d (which I know is not that long ago) came on and immediately proved that maybe there are just questionable songs from every generation of pop music. It was the Thong Song<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> (if you\u2019re unfamiliar, this is the actual title of the song) by Sisqo. There was a serious loss of faith in my own judgement that followed. Could it be that I was simply reminiscing inaccurately and romanticizing a past that wasn\u2019t necessarily better? I think so; and my tendency to do so isn\u2019t limited to just music.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I appreciated Jules Glanzer\u2019s book, <em>The Sound of Leadership<\/em>. In it, Glanzer uses musical metaphors to impart lessons in leadership that he\u2019s learned. Near the beginning, he distills leadership down to five words: listen, see, learn, do, and love.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> The center of those five words, in order and in importance, is learn. Learning seems to be set on the foundation of listening and seeing. Glanzer sets out that the most important thing for a leader to begin with is listening, \u201cfirst to the voice of God and then to people\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> Immediately following listening is to be prepared to see things differently because eyes can deceive.<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> Only when we listen and see can we answer the questions that Glanzer sets out for learning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhat do you want to preserve?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cwhat do you want to avoid?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat do you want to achieve?\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In these three core questions, Glanzer helps leaders to push forward, bringing with them lessons from the past without getting stuck in it. In reflection of our reading last week, I\u2019m curious how we might reframe some of our dialogue around Postmodernism, critical theory, and other experience centric ideology by asking ourselves and others questions like these. The author knowingly makes clear that we\u2019ll still have to sift through all the different voices<a href=\"#_ftn6\" name=\"_ftnref6\">[6]<\/a>, and assures us, I think rightfully, that simply taking time to ask, making space for responses and caring enough to summarize can provide validation for each one.<a href=\"#_ftn7\" name=\"_ftnref7\">[7]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems pretty easy and straightforward. So why is it that so many bad leaders, even in church settings, are elevated into high positions? I think, at least in part, is that leaders are elevated to fulfill a predetermined set of responsibilities rather than based on their character. And it makes sense. Churches are organizations with traditions and programs that are important to people. Perhaps even more deeply, they\u2019re part of institutions that seek to preserve a romanticized version of the past.<a href=\"#_ftn8\" name=\"_ftnref8\">[8]<\/a> But perhaps in that process, we unwittingly build the concept of who leaders are by what they can accomplish. Glanzer insightfully says that \u201cleadership is being that results in doing\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn9\" name=\"_ftnref9\">[9]<\/a>. Maybe what we need is to find ways to build a culture and infrastructure that reinforces the idea that what we might accomplish is a result of our identity and not the other way around.<\/p>\n<p>The anecdote that stuck out to me most from this book is when Glanzer writes about legacy. Regarding a campus upgrade that people remember him for, he reflects, \u201cas far as I\u2019m concerned, I was simply there when it all happened\u2026 others did the work as I watched and cheered\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn10\" name=\"_ftnref10\">[10]<\/a> He goes on to explain that legacy isn\u2019t necessarily what we accomplish, but who we are. \u201cLiving it each day creates a style that worms its way into the minds and hearts of the people in your care and cements their view of you down through history.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn11\" name=\"_ftnref11\">[11]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the home stretch of our program, I\u2019ve found myself increasingly worried about what kind of results my project might cede and what kind of immediate impact it might have. <em>The Sound of Leadership<\/em> has reminded me that our greatest accomplishment during the program is not our research or our project; rather it is the ways in which we have grown as people. Our success can be measured by how we continue to \u201clisten\u201d, \u201csee\u201d, and \u201clearn\u201d and in that we can be assured in the ways we \u201cdo\u201d and \u201clove\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Sisqo. &#8220;Thong Song.&#8221; <em>Unleash the Dragon<\/em><strong>. <\/strong>Arista Records, 2000, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oai1V7kaFBk&amp;ab_channel=SisqoVEVO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Jules Glanzer, <em>The Sound of Leadership: Kingdom Notes to Fine Tune Your Life and Influence<\/em>, (Surrey: Invite Press, 2023), 24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> Ibid, 25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> Ibid, 26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> Ibid, 27.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref6\" name=\"_ftn6\">[6]<\/a> Ibid, 43.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref7\" name=\"_ftn7\">[7]<\/a> Ibid, 42.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref8\" name=\"_ftn8\">[8]<\/a> Martyn Percy, Talk given in Oxford to DLGP, September 23, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref9\" name=\"_ftn9\">[9]<\/a> Glanzer, <em>The Sound of Leadership<\/em>, 84.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref10\" name=\"_ftn10\">[10]<\/a> Glanzer, <em>The Sound of Leadership, <\/em>92.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref11\" name=\"_ftn11\">[11]<\/a> Ibid, 95.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was listening to a top 100 pop radio station while driving with Anya the other day when I made a comment that anyone who is unfamiliar with what they\u2019re listening to might make: \u201cew, music just isn\u2019t as good as it used to be\u201d. 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