A Swirl of Creativity

Posted by Jo Murphy Dec 27, 2008

Authenticity and the Creative Arts is about quality leadership within the creative arts. Leaders develop an ability to facilitate a listening ear so students learn to tap into their own Authentic Voice. "Leadership Education has much to say to the Creative Arts. Faced with the daunting task of creating public expression, students develop faith in their authentic voice."

In "Finding Your Voice", Covey says "One word expresses the pathway to greatness: voice. Those on this path find their voice and inspire others to find theirs. The rest never do." Leadership Wired. 2008 Vol 11, Issue 10]

The focus points are

• Tap Into Talent : Ask Quality Questions Help students to tap into their talents when they guide them towards understanding where they excel.
• Fueling Passion : Gift Students With A Confidence Arrange assessment so that students are fully focused on activities that fill them with positive emotion.
• Build an Inquiry Culture Great Art (sometimes called High Art) is always about something very important. Build a culture of searching inquiry into your creative arts classes.
• Finding Momentum. Once authentic voice finds focus in the foreground of attention, model action to the students.

Tribal Leadership – Leveraging Natural Groups is a research project that mapped the key leverage points of tribes to ascertain whether they are more powerful than teams. Voice is an important element within this framework. All members of a "tribe" are treated as important members of a "life is great" culture. They have passed through the selfishness of a mindset that says "I am great and you are not." With direction they move to "we are great and they are not," to "life is great because we are dedicated to a noble cause."

It is at this point where enemies drop away and care for humanity takes hold that true creative synergy evolves.