1. Inspiring Leadership-Partnership
through Creativity, Passion & Risk-
Taking
by Mark Gorkin… ™
Hosted by The FEW Foundation for
Education and Training, the 501 (c)(3)
Charitable Arm of Federally Employed Women
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2. Mark Gorkin, the Stress Doc ™
Motivational Psychohumorist ™
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3. Conflict and Change: Key Quotes
Adam Gopnik, Angels and Ages:
Repetition is the law of nature but variation is the
rule of life.
John Dewey, Father of Public Education:
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to
observation and memory. It shocks us out of
sheep-like passivity. It instigates to invention
and sets us at noting and contriving. Conflict is
the sine qua non of reflection and ingenuity.
4. Value of Paradoxical Perspective
Challenging tradition and thinking relation
Yin & Yang – holistic and continuous flow
Forest & Trees – multiple sides, big picture
Analytic & Empathic – bi-hemispheric
F. S. Fitzgerald & A. N. Whitehead – 1st rate intel
Text and Context – face message & full meaning
Thesis – Antithesis…Synthesis – Aha! & union
Wise Person – action-restraint, involvement-
reflection
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The test of a first rate intelligence is the capacity to
hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the
ability to function.
6. The Four “P”s of Passion Power
Moodset
Mindset Gravitas Comedia
Cognitive Purposeful Provocative
Affective Passionate Playful
7. Five “A”s of Arousing Performance
Attention: Stop, Look and Listen
Anticipation: From Edgy to Edge of Seat
Animation: Excitement, Soul and Imagination
Activation: Plan, Map, Jump In and Tools
Actualization: From Great Energy to Essence
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8. Humor Is Good for What AILS YOU
A = Arousal & Affiliation
I = Incongruity & Insight
L = Liberation & Letting Go
S = Superiority & Self-Effacing
Solidarity
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9. Confronting Your Intimate FOE
From Fear of Exposure to Fun of Embarrassment
1. From Cultural Diversity to Mutual Humanity
2. Misery, Mastery, Mirth & Memory Connection
3. Distinguishing Neurotic Humiliation from
Natural Embarrassment
4. Putting on Your Life Jacket & Protective Vest
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10. Managing Transitional Stress:
Team Collaboration Perspective
Supervisor Wears Two Hats
Rotate Facilitators
Wavelength Segment: Hi Task & Hi Touch
Morning Huddles & Informal Lunches
Cookout at Chief’s House: IRAs
Division & Matrix Meetings
The Radical Leap and Raisinets
Individual Interviews
Pilot Projects
Outside Consultant
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11. Achieving Consensus
Avoid One Right Way or Egoal
Accept Fact of Loss (Control, Face, etc.)
Affirm Values, Modify Expectations
Clarify Common Starting Point/Interest
Create Big Picture through Diverse Input
Communal Gain through Sharing and
Pain
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