The challenge is to try to see the whole dance floor by going to the balcony in your mind to examine your life.
Move off the dance floor and onto the balcony quote.
Leadership on the line.
In their fine book leadership on the line authors ron heifetz and marty linsky offer a practical and wise solution.
You examine your actions in relation to your intentions as if from.
I tried to scour the internet to find out the origin of that metaphor and to the best of my.
If you want to affect what is happening you must return to the dance floor.
Heifetz founder of the center for public leadership school at the harvard kennedy school calls it getting off the dance floor and onto the balcony he says the only way you can gain.
Staying alive through the dangers of leading.
One of the metaphors he shared was of the view from the balcony and the view from the dance floor.
However little guidance is given about how to get onto the balcony.
This post will offer some activities to practice the skill.
And if this concept of dance floor and balconies are.
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The concept of getting off the dance floor and onto the balcony is one that resonates with many people who are looking to build their leadership skills.
That s where the magic is going back and forth between the two using one to leverage the other.