Leadership on the line.
Move off the dance floor and onto the balcony quote.
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.
You examine your actions in relation to your intentions as if from.
However little guidance is given about how to get onto the balcony.
One of the metaphors he shared was of the view from the balcony and the view from the dance floor.
If you want to affect what is happening you must return to the dance floor.
The challenge is to try to see the whole dance floor by going to the balcony in your mind to examine your life.
That s where the magic is going back and forth between the two using one to leverage the other.
And if this concept of dance floor and balconies are.
Heifetz r and linsky m.
In their fine book leadership on the line authors ron heifetz and marty linsky offer a practical and wise solution.
Staying alive through the dangers of leading.
So you need to be both among the dancers and up on the balcony.
Get off the dance floor daily operations and up on the balcony managers.
This post will offer some activities to practice the skill.