Music and Leadership
The Nature and Role of Aesthetics in Orchestrating Successful Organizations
Seiten
2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-78336-9 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-78336-9 (ISBN)
This book explores how music can offer fresh insight into the practice of leadership. Moving beyond traditional models focused solely on strategy and systems, the book argues that leadership is also a performative and aesthetic act.
Music and Leadership: The Nature and Role of Aesthetics in Orchestrating Successful Organizations explores how music can offer fresh insight into the practice of leadership. Moving beyond traditional models focused solely on strategy and systems, the book argues that leadership is also a performative and aesthetic act. It requires timing, emotional awareness, and the ability to shape meaning. Drawing on influential works of Western classical music by Bach, Beethoven, and Stravinsky, this book demonstrates how great composers model distinct leadership approaches in moments of cultural change. The book pairs these musical case studies with well-known modern leaders such as Steve Jobs, Leonard Bernstein, and Condoleezza Rice, who illustrate how aesthetic habits can shape public influence and organizational success.
At the heart of the book is the Orchestrating Success Framework, which translates core musical concepts such as motif, harmony, rhythm, and silence into practical leadership tools. Accessible to readers in business, education, and the arts, this book bridges the humanities and leadership studies in a compelling and original way. With its interdisciplinary approach and clear applications, Music and Leadership is both a challenge and an invitation to lead not just with plans and metrics but also with artistry, presence, and imagination.
Music and Leadership: The Nature and Role of Aesthetics in Orchestrating Successful Organizations explores how music can offer fresh insight into the practice of leadership. Moving beyond traditional models focused solely on strategy and systems, the book argues that leadership is also a performative and aesthetic act. It requires timing, emotional awareness, and the ability to shape meaning. Drawing on influential works of Western classical music by Bach, Beethoven, and Stravinsky, this book demonstrates how great composers model distinct leadership approaches in moments of cultural change. The book pairs these musical case studies with well-known modern leaders such as Steve Jobs, Leonard Bernstein, and Condoleezza Rice, who illustrate how aesthetic habits can shape public influence and organizational success.
At the heart of the book is the Orchestrating Success Framework, which translates core musical concepts such as motif, harmony, rhythm, and silence into practical leadership tools. Accessible to readers in business, education, and the arts, this book bridges the humanities and leadership studies in a compelling and original way. With its interdisciplinary approach and clear applications, Music and Leadership is both a challenge and an invitation to lead not just with plans and metrics but also with artistry, presence, and imagination.
David M. Toledo is the Associate Dean for Educational Effectiveness and Associate Professor of Music in the School of Performing Arts at California Baptist University. He holds a Ph.D. and Master of Music from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
1. The Nature and Role of Music in the Humanities and Leadership 2. Bach, Beethoven, and Stravinsky: Catalysts for Change 3. Contemporary Leadership Lessons from Bach, Beethoven, and Stravinsky 4. Embodying the Search for Craft and Connection
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.07.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Leadership Horizons |
| Zusatzinfo | 3 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 370 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-78336-2 / 1032783362 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-78336-9 / 9781032783369 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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