1. My Most Valuable Learnings Around the Importance of
Speaking and Writing Succinctly
Kathleen Westergaard
December 7th, 2016

2. What is the relationship between the “command and control” leadership model as discussed by Wheatley (2005) and all of that paperwork?

3. Hogging air time is a form of
“Command and Control”
Feels safer for the insecure
Excludes other possibilities and ideas
Called accountability but really enforces continued oppression
Supports total control by those in power
Management instead of transformation
Used to decide who and what people are and can be
Speaks about people/groups/communities instead of with them
Limits potential
Ensures that disagreeing or alternative voices are not heard
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4. Speaking and writing succinctly supports transformational leadership as encouraged by Ring (2016) and organic, collaborative approaches as pointed to by Wheatley (2005).
Everyone is more able to understand and therefore contribute
Supports questioning and clarification
Creates space for other ideas
More inclusive for those with less education or power
Supports the possibility of change
Supports sharing of power
Engages community/people in change process
Leadership as opposed to management tool
Transformational leadership instead of command and control
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5. Speaking and writing succinctly are essential to anti-oppressive, transformational, inclusive leadership approaches.

6. References
Ring, K., Transformational Leadership. [Power Point slides], Retrieved from November 21, 2016.
Wheatley, Margaret J. (2005). Finding Our Way, Leadership for an Uncertain time.  San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.