Are You Ready for 2021?
Leading your team when your tank is empty
With 2020 behind us, we are turning a hopeful eye to a better 2021. Even with vaccines on the horizon and lower virtual learning curves, we are still working in an always-changing, disconnected workplace. It's hard, through the camera of a computer, to show up with purpose and presence. You may be asking yourself at the start of a new year, “How can I continue to effectively motivate and lead my team when I am exhausted?”
To help answer this question, consider the skills in the Actor’s Tool Kit:
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These skills are fundamental to creating a powerful and immediate performance — on stage and in business. Applying the Actor’s Tool Kit to the challenges ahead will help refill your tank to bring your best self to your work and perform at the top of your game.
Why Theatre?
Why Theatre? Minouche Shafik, the Director of the London School of Economics, says “In the past jobs were about muscles, now they’re about brains, but in future they’ll be about the heart.1" What she is getting at is this: the digital revolution is rolling along and automation and machine learning are becoming more and more a part of the way we work – from manufacturing to professional services. She says that although being able to synthesize information, analyze it, and think critically about it will always be very important, what makes us human will be one of our strongest competitive advantages.
And that is where theater comes in. Theater is created through the study of the human condition, observing what makes us tick. Theatre artists take what they learn from that study and, using their emotional intelligence, create something special and unique that causes people think, feel, and respond in very specific ways.
In this series, we’ll explore each skill in the Actor’s Tool Kit and provide you with practical techniques and guiding questions to position your team for transformation and growth in the year ahead.
- Pulling Back the Curtain on Being Present
- Pulling Back the Curtain on Staying Connected
- Pulling Back the Curtain on Setting Intention
- Pulling Back the Curtain on Being Authentic
- Pulling Back the Curtain on Remaining Curious
1Elkann, Alain. “Minouche Shafik”. Alain Elkann Interviews. April 01, 2018
