The current course is about leadership. Before I hoped it was a bit about personal leadership or a kind of flat leadership in which the leader is just another role in a project, like a chairman. As Marinka (my coordinator from HKU) already hinted it might not be that case. And it isn’t. We do discuss the different type of organizations, i.e. from flat to hierarchical, but the leadership mostly is hierarchical. Hard for me.
Now we have to write a paper about being a leader in an organization leading the organization for change. In the end I chose the organization to be my own, the company I want to create. Not the easiest one, but good to start the development on that one. So I have to find out what kind of leader I want to be. I feel that at the moment I’m more a personal leader, leading myself. Which is actually perfect, though not for this paper :)
But, just do! So, I’ve writen a sort of history describing my fictional company. I can design the whole thing, how things work, what kind of people there are, etc. Nice! Today I had a follow-up with the teacher. She helped me in reframing the ‘problem’ (as we need to have a problem to be able to change the organization). And we came to a conclusion on how where it was. I’m going to write about a network of people who are working together and now some want to create a company out of this. How to lead this group in this transition? The transition in the practicle side, but more on the personal side. What about the people who don’t want the company? How will it influence the atmosphere?
Interesting process :)
Tags: culture, education, frustration, influence, leader, leadership devel and communication
Categories: an academic journey
