Online Cynthia Wagner Weick eLearning

Managing Metaphors ...Cynthia Wagner Weick Metaphorsa which transfer concepts from one context to anothera are typically viewed as a linguistic device used by poets. In this session you will see that metaphor also can be a powerful tool for creating and communicating new approaches to managing, and for understanding the approaches that prevail in your organization today. The objectives for todaya ™s  more...

Lessons from Machiavelli and Lao Tzu ...Cynthia Wagner Weick In this session, you will gain insight into leadership styles by extracting valuable lessons regarding power and empowerment from Eastern and Western classical literature. Two extreme modelsa autocratic, top down leadership and a more participatory, empowering leadership stylea are vividly illustrated by, respectively, the political theorist Niccol Machiavelli and  more...