Most people know that my favorite leader was Walt Disney.  I had the privilege of working at Disneyland while I was in college, and to this day, I still look back with fond memories of the time spent in the Magic Kingdom, and with huge admiration for the man who began it all.  There are […]

Leadership theorist Yukl cites Kaplan as stating, “Descriptive studies of managerial work suggest that complementary behaviors are woven together into a complex tapestry such that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts” (Kaplan, 1986, as cited by Yukl 2006, p.76).  Upon close examination of a fine tapestry, one can make several observations.  […]

Daniel Goleman describes visionary leadership as “helping people to see how their work fits into the big picture, lending people a clear sense not just that what they do matters, but also why.  Visionary leaders set people free to innovate, experiment, and take calculated risks.”  One of my favorite visionary leaders of all time is […]

Last night I left the office just before 1am, having gone through five and a half hours of auditions for my latest production.  It is a grueling process and I work hard to make sure that I get it right.  In my career, I have cast well over 300 productions and there have only been […]

September 7, 2012 Resonant Leaders One of the leadership approaches with which I really connect is that of resonant leadership, which stems from the emotional intelligence concepts developed by Daniel Goleman.  The 2002 book Primal Leadership, by Goleman, Boyatzis, and McKee, states “One sign of resonant leadership is a group of followers who vibrate with […]