Discussion: Flow and Resonance
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A good book, a thrilling movie, a well-deserved vacation, and watching championship sport games are a few examples of activities that absorb your whole being to the point that other activities and stimuli are blocked from conscious thought. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi described these moments as flowoptimal experiences where a persons attention is fully absorbed such that other incoming information or stimuli are unable to be processed. Consider the flow of Martin Luther King, Jr.s speech that August day, or perhaps Mandelas impassioned speech to the United Nations describing the tragedy of Apartheid the fact of the continuing commission of a crime against humanityand how these messages resonate deep inside your leadership self.
To Prepare
- Listen to the Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream speech and Nelson Mandelas, Speech to the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid.
- Review the Molenberghs et al. (2011) article in your Learning Resources.
By Day 3
Post an explanation of what is meant by flow and resonance. Give several examples from both personal experience and Dr. Kings or Nelson Mandelas speech of flow and resonance. Explain how flow and resonance might occur in leader-follower relationships. Analyze whether some leaders fit better with some followers as described in the research presented by Molenberghs et al. (2011).
Required Readings
Clawson, J. G. (2012).
Level three leadership: Getting below the surface (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Chapter 13, Resonance, Leadership, and the Purpose of Life (pp. 167185)
Molenberghs, P., Prochilo, G., Steffens, N. K., Zacher, H., & Haslam, S. A. (2015). The neuroscience of inspirational leadership: The importance of collective-oriented language and shared group membership. Journal of Management [Advance online publication].
The Neuroscience of Inspirational Leadership: The Importance of Collective-Oriented Language and Shared Group Membership by Molenberghs, P.; Prochilo, G.; Steffens, N.; Zacher, H.; Haslam, S., in Journal of Management. Copyright 2015 by John Wiley & SonsJournals. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & SonsJournals via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Required Media
King, M. L., Jr. (1963).
I have a dream [Multimedia file]. Retrieved from
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihavea…