by Jeff Smith

It starts with your philosophy.
[Lead] your people in a way that gives them a higher shared purpose.
You can lead them to death.
You can lead them to life.
They must never fear danger or dishonesty.
– Sun Tzu

The most important decision you make, as a leader, is how you give away your attention. Sure we talk a lot about power and time-constraints are real (and often painful), but the fact remains – those following you desperately want your attention. Whether you’re a parent, a pastor or a CEO, those in your care want you – first and foremost.

Attention is the currency of leadership. – Ron Heifetz

On Friday afternoon, November 21st, Off the Map will gather our favorite leaders and friends. Larger names like Todd Hunter – the accidental bishop as well as lesser-known but no less leaders themselves – like Rose Madrid-Swetman and Richard Townsell. Like Julie Andrews sang so long ago

these are a few of our favorite leaders.

You’ll spend the afternoon, 1 – 5 PM, interacting with these practitioners, learning how they’re leading. Based on our innovative gathering method – Idea-Parties, you’ll have the chance to embody being the receptive judges that are so critical to any organization’s continued success.

As Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi once said,

There is no shortage of ideas there is a shortage of receptive judges.

Come experience, in real time, how each of these leaders navigate the waters between what Sun Tzu called dishonesty and danger – staying connected and self-defining – at the same time. As Donald Sull points out in The Upside of Turbulence: Seizing Opportunity in an Uncertain World, the current world looks a lot less like an L-graph

and a lot more like an Inverse Power graph.

Each of the leaders profiled at our Leadership Idea Party make daily decisions about the magnitude of their organization’s opportunities/threats – through receptive judging. Find out how these leaders navigate the terrain of time and give attention away in otherlyness-centric ways at our Leadership Idea Party.

Tags: attention, heifetz, Idea Party, leadership, Mirrors and Maps, pre-conference workshop, sun tzu