1. Leadership: Possibilities for the Directing Process
By Gabrielle Metcalf
Supervised by
Associate Professor Maggi Phillips
Associate Professor Andrew Lewis
Leaders aren’t born they are made: And they are made just like anything else, through hard work.
Vince Lombardi

2. Leadership Leadership: the ability to influence and motivate people.
2008 – approx US $60 billion spent on leadership training globally.

3. A director is like an executive…
Robert Benedetti says,
A director is like an executive…
The good “executive” must coordinate the various efforts of the members of this complex organization towards a specific goal, that is, the production.

4. AUTHENTIC TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS the 4 I’s
Authentic transformational directors are able to
Ideally Influence – the director is a role-model, has a clear vision for the production, will take risks to find out what can be achieved.
Inspirationally Motivate - the director motivates and challenges the actors/crew to engage with the material in a meaningful way to create performance.  
Individually Consider - pays attention to the individual needs of each member of the team. She values each person as a deliverer of the shared artistic vision of the group.
Intellectually Stimulate - the director is active in his pursuit of innovative ways of creating performance through and with his cast and crew. He challenges people to experiment and explore the text/material in new ways. He creates an environment that allows failure to be an accepted part of the process.

5. The Life Styles Inventory (LSI)

7. Methodology
Observational practice – observing what directors do and then seeing where their style fits in the circumplex. Reflecting on what I could adapt in my directing practice. Practicing

8. PROGRESS
1st Project
Observations – what I didn’t see.
What I did see that I didn’t expect to see.

10. Where to from here?
Empowering directors/actors/crew through a leadership framework.
Other leadership models?