Embodied awareness and communicative leadership

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Basic knowledge of contemporary sociological theories.

Communicative Leadership, Through Embodied Awareness features several powerful scholarly traditions brought to bear on the practice of leadership. The capacity for guiding the communicative construction of meaning (CMM) creates a sense of collaborative action for change. “Somatics” is a powerful approach with a long scholarly tradition that promotes whole-bodied communication. Phenomenology also has long scholarly roots and is the study of consciousnesss. Phenomenological exercises of writing and sharing increase leaders self-awareness and enhances their understanding of the “lifeworld” in which they practice. Put together, Communicative, Embodied Awareness processes offer leaders new tools for improving the well being and effectiveness of co-workers and participants in change efforts.

Embodied awareness is the capacity for knowing from within as opposed to exclusively from objectivistic methods. The being of the scholar-leader becomes the primary instrument of change.

Zajęcia Prowadzone przez Prof. Valerie Malhotra Bentz

Learning Objectives:

Scholarly Literature: Student/colleagues will become knowledgeable of theories and techniques in Communicative Leadership, and embodied awareness (somatics and phenomenology) as well as recognized approaches to interpreting meaning with sensitivity to contextual factors (hermeneutics.)

Communicative Leadership: Through awareness of the social construction of meaning students will learn techniques of group communication to promote positive change and envisioning new alternatives to unwanted, repetitive patterns of the past

Somatics: Student/colleagues will become aware of the body’s ways of knowing, increasing their self-awareness thereby being able to increase well-being in themselves, persons, and organizations.