Leadership Style “The conductor, a magical figure for the audience, enjoys a leadership mystique of

Leadership Style

“The conductor, a magical figure for the audience,
enjoys a leadership mystique of significant magnitudeBut vanity and tyranny
are prevalent in the music world even in these enlightened times, and the
picture of orchestral musicians as infantile and submissive, caught between
willful conductors, insensitive management, and hypervigilant unions is not as
rare as one would hopeTraditionally, all verbal communication in aven when
it is really a statement of fact or belief“

QUESTIONS:

1 As you read the following passage, think about leadership
in general

2 What style of leadership seems to be prevalent in
orchestras?

3 Now substitute “physicians and nurses” for
“conductor and orchestra“

4 Remember when nurses talked to physicians this way? Do we
still?