%% #📓 #🎥 #🔴 %% # Lead Like the Great Conductors **Speaker:** Itay Talgam **Citation:** Talgam, I. (July 2009). _Lead like the great conductors._ [Video]. TED. [https://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors?language=en](https://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors?language=en) --- # Abstract ~ 3 Sentence Summary ## Key Takeaways # Notes & Important Ideas ### Chapter > [! abstract] Chapter Summary ## Connections to Other Materials [[The Courage to Teach - Palmer 2017]] I really enjoyed Italy Talgam’s (July 2009) presentation on the various leadership styles of orchestra conductors. Kleiber, Bernstein and the last conductor were great examples of leaders who “create a space in which the community of truth is practiced” (Palmer, 2017, p. 92). I appreciated their ability to lead their orchestras with authority while giving the musicians freedom to explore and grow. # Personal Reflection & Application As inspiring as they are, especially in comparison to conductors like Muti, the orchestra conductor is not the model I aspire to as a leader. Even in the last examples, the conductor has all the power and control and stands in front. An orchestra is a hierarchical organization with very little flexibility or ability to be adaptive. The metaphor for leadership that I brought to our immersion was a jazz band. Instead of standing in front, “the jazz leader sits _with_ the musicians. Once he sets the stage for the performance, he then becomes a contributor” ([[Why Teams Need to Be More Like a Jazz Band Than a Symphony - Razzetti 2018|Razzetti, April 19, 2018]]). Not only is the leadership style less controlling, the entire structure of the band is less hierarchical and the players are more adaptive as “they listen to what happens at the moment not to what they rehearsed.” (Razetti, April 19, 2018). Especially in this era of increasing uncertainty and rapid change, I hope to help my organization perform more like a jazz band than a symphony. --- # Other References ## Tags *<small>Created on: 2022-11-06</small>* *<small>Last modified on: 2022-11-06</small>*