%% #📓 #📚 #🟠 %% # Heraclitean Fire: Journeying on the Path of Leadership **Author:** [[Michael Carey]] **Citation:** Carey, M. R. (1999). *Heraclitean fire: Journeying on the path of leadership*. Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co. --- # Abstract ~ 3 Sentence Summary ## Key Takeaways - Leadership is balancing between authentic self and connection to others. - Dislocation is a result of self-embededness and can only be healed by self-transcendence, which is supported by and results in authentic leadership. - Organizational dysfunction caused by individuals who are too self-absorbed. (p. 5) - Leaders should not be constrained by their own way of making sense - Why do leaders/organizations continue to behave in ways that are destructive? - Varying styles all boil down to control - Differences in personalities/styles only become issue when leader confuses their partial perspective as whole truth. - Results in over-control and oppression - can be self-perpetuating - We start off embedded in our own impulses and needs, but can transcend to become more aware and frame things based on values and relationships. - Become a leader by making a choice for growth, and by helping others make the same choice. # Notes & Important Ideas ### Chapter > [! abstract] Chapter Summary ## Connections to Other Materials #### [[Connection between Kegan's two selves and Kahneman's two selves]] Carey's description of [[Robert Kegan]]'s distinction between two personality structures: the [[self-as-object]] and the [[self-as-subject]] reminded me of the two selves [[Daniel Kahneman]] identifies in his TED talk, [The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory](https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory?language=en). --- #### [[Investigating generative themes requires self-transcendence]] [[Paulo Freire]] argues in *[[Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Freire 2000|Pedagogy of the Oppressed]]* that investigating [[generative themes]] to take liberating action requires something that sounds a lot like [[self-transcendence]], which Carey describes as the key to full human growth and increasing connection to the [[authentic self]] (p. 7). --- #### [[Understanding and embracing the political frame]] [[Parker Palmer]]'s *[[The Courage to Teach - Palmer 2017|The Courage to Teach]]* helped me better relate to and see the value in Carey's description of the Political Frame. Instead of fighting against power and conflict, it's possible to embrace and harness conflict to accomplish something positive. --- #### [[Commander's Intent an example of leadership from a systems frame]] In her TED talk, *[Where are we trying to end up,](https://www.ted.com/talks/rach_ranton_where_are_we_trying_to_end_up)* Rach Ranton gives an excellent example of leadership from a systems frame. --- # Personal Reflection & Application > # Other References ## Tags