The Embodiment of Leadership -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- References -- Part One: Leadership Thresholds -- 1. The Anatomy of Leadership -- Metaphor, Embodiment, and Personal Mythology -- Dualism and Embodied Metaphor -- Embodied Minds, Enminded Bodies, and Many Minds -- Heroic Journeys, Toads, and Monsters -- The Big Lie: Hero as Leader -- The Posturing Imposter -- Plunging into the Psyche -- Countering the Postmodern Megamyth -- References -- 2. Dramatic Leadership: Dorothy Heathcote's Autopoietic, or Embodied, Leadership Model -- Understanding Disembodiment, or Allopoiesis -- Understanding the Body as a Site of Knowledge, or Autopoiesis -- Dorothy Heathcote's Autopoietic Leadership Model -- Conclusion -- Implications for Further Study and Research -- References -- 3. Leadership in the Time of Liminality: A Framework for Leadership in an Era of Deep Transformation -- A New Mind-Set Needed to Address Unprecedented Demands -- Introducing the Framework -- A Three-Part Conceptual Framework -- Conceptual Domain 1: Liminality -- Conceptual Domain 2: Performance -- Conceptual Domain 3: Dialogue -- Thoughts for Practice and Future Consideration -- References -- 4. Seeking Alignment in the World Body: The Art of Embodiment -- The Challenge for Leaders -- The Primary Task for Leaders -- Interpreting the Situation -- Modeling the Way -- Inspiring a Shared Vision -- Seeds of a Shared Vision -- Discovering What Resonates -- Changing the Contextual Framing -- Proposal for a Shared Vision -- Creating a World That Truly Is a Work of Art -- Objective 1: Embodying Essence -- Objective 2: Getting to the Place Where "It Works" -- Objective 3: Attaining the Flow State -- Objective 4: Achieving Mastery -- References -- Part Two: Leaders Are Their Bodies.

5. (De/Re)Constructing Leading Bodies: Developing Critical Attitudes and Somaesthetic Practices -- Contemporary Leadership: Promises and Problems -- Leadership: Discourse and "Docile" Bodies -- Discourse and Docile Leader Bodies -- The Problem of Self-Awareness -- Silencing of the Social/Cultural Body -- Reconceptualizing the Self-Aware Leader -- Acknowledging the Social/Cultural Body -- Somaesthetics: Becoming a Self-Aware, Inclusive Leader -- Conclusion -- References -- 6. Dollmaking as an Expression of Women's Leadership -- The Workshop Project -- Journal and Discussion Responses -- Post-Project Responses and Reflections -- Discussion -- References -- 7. Leadership Embodiment and Resistance: The Complex Journey of Latin American Pentecostal Women Pastors -- Women Pastors in Latin American Pentecostal Churches -- Resistance Leadership -- Resisting Pastors -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. Michelle Obama's Embodied Authentic Leadership: Leading by Lifestyle -- About Let's Move! -- Authentic Leadership and Body Possibilities -- Critical Rhetoric -- Michelle Obama's Authentic Leadership and Enacted Rhetoric -- Obama's Authentic Leadership -- Authenticity and Personal Weaknesses -- The Othered Body as Rhetorical Resource -- Implications of Rhetoric, Embodiment, and Authentic Leadership -- References -- Part Three: Leadership By and Through the Body -- 9. Shall I Lead Now? Learner Experiences of Leader-Follower Relationships Through Engagement with the Dance -- The Learning Context -- It's All About Mind-Sets and Fuzzy Sets -- Shall We Dance? -- How Queer Is the Tango? -- Shall I Lead Now? -- Embodied Learning -- Emerging Themes -- Trust -- The Symbiotic Relationship -- The Quality of the Relationship -- The Role of Confidence -- Team Dynamics -- Discussion -- References -- 10. Embodied Learning Experience in Leadership Development.

Leadership Development Research: A Critical Overview -- Recent Developments in Leadership Approaches -- A Need to Reinvent LD? -- Ontology of Leadership Learning -- 1. Participants Knew the Feedback -- 2. The Learning Process Starts Prior to the Training -- 3. LD Is Unique -- Embodied Experience as an Extension of the Epistemological Stance -- Discussion and Implications -- References -- 11. Professionals Are Their Bodies: The Language of the Body as Sounding Board in Leadership and Professional Communication -- Sharing Stories: About the Methods -- The Connection Between the Bodily, Personal, and Professional Dimensions -- Leadership and the Magnified Body -- Embodied Professional Competence -- First Level: Self-Contact Through the Body -- Second Level: Communication Reading and Contact Ability -- Third Level: Leadership-Taking a Space -- Leadership and Humility: Holding a Space -- Embodied Leadership-with the Body as Sounding Board -- The Importance of Embodied Leadership in Modern Society -- Future Research: Challenges and Possibilities -- References -- 12. From the Ground Up: Revisioning Sources and Methods of Leadership Development -- Theoretical Foundations -- The Feldenkrais Method -- Mindfulness and Dzogchen -- Making It Real: Accessing Ourselves Through Movement and Attention -- Jenny -- Paul -- Implications: How Can Recognizing Wisdom Mind and Seeing the Moving Body as a Source of Knowledge Enhance the Study and Practice of Leadership? -- The 14th Dalai Lama as an Example -- The Feldenkrais Method and Leadership Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.