The dance floor and the balcony ronald heifetz is the king hussein bin talal senior lecturer in public leadership at harvard university s john f.
Dance floor balcony.
For the past twenty years he has generated critical works that have influenced leadership theory in every domain.
In their fine book leadership on the line authors ron heifetz and marty linsky offer a practical and wise solution.
To use our metaphor you have to move back and forth from the balcony to the dance floor over and over again especially when managing change we need to fluidly move from participant to observer.
One must develop the ability to move back and forth as required from the balcony to the dance floor.
Kennedy school of government.
While today s plan may make sense now.
To use our metaphor you have to move back and forth from the balcony to the dance floor over and over again throughout the days weeks months and years.