When you play for meaning, you put aside your own wants, interests, and needs to recognize what’s best for the people you are leading. Whether it be peers, colleagues or team members, when you fail to play for meaning, people will question your values. Are you a leader interested solely in selfish interests or are you selfless? Too many people believe leadership is about reigning. Spoiler alert: it’s not! This lesson is designed to increase your ability to play for meaning, to instill a sense of purpose in your leadership.
Learning Objectives
- Define what it means to be a leader who acts with purpose
- Identify factors that get in the way of playing for meaning
- Apply tips, techniques, and actions to add more meaning to your leadership style
- Summarize the relationship between purpose and meaning
Learning
Core Module Topics
Core Module Topics
Extra Resources
Assessment
Play for Meaning: A Personal Experience
Books & articles
Why am I here?
Are You an Egocentric Leader?
Movies
Whom am I serving?
Purpose: Why it Matters
Poems
What am I trying to accomplish?
How to Manage Your Reputation
Songs
How do I want to be known?
TED Talks
What kind of leader am I?
Art
Knowledge Check
Quotes
Heroes
Duration: ~65 min
Duration: ~50 min
Contains: full listing or links to 22 extra resources
Contains: 7 videos, 6 job aids, 1 poem and multiple activities
Contains: 3 videos, 3 audio files, and multiple activities and takeaways
Core Module Topics
Assessment
Core Module Topics
Play for Meaning: A Personal Experience
Extra Resources
Books & articles
Core Module Topics
Why am I here?
Core Module Topics
Are You an Egocentric Leader?
Extra Resources
Movies
Core Module Topics
Whom am I serving?
Core Module Topics
Purpose: Why it Matters
Extra Resources
Poems
Core Module Topics
What am I trying to accomplish?
Core Module Topics
How to Manage Your Reputation
Extra Resources
Songs
Core Module Topics
How do I want to be known?
Core Module Topics
Extra Resources
TED Talks
Core Module Topics
What kind of leader am I?
Core Module Topics
Extra Resources
Art
Core Module Topics
Knowledge Check
Core Module Topics
Extra Resources
Quotes
Core Module Topics
Core Module Topics
Extra Resources
Heroes
Core Module Topics
Duration: ~65 min
Core Module Topics
Duration: ~50 min
Extra Resources
Contains: full listing or links to 22 extra resources
Core Module Topics
Contains: 7 videos, 6 job aids, 1 poem and multiple activities
Core Module Topics
Contains: 3 videos, 3 audio files, and multiple activities and takeaways
Extra Resources
Online Leadership Courses
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