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Thanks to all who contributed suggestions for films relevant to teaching leadership. I apologise for taking so long to summarise these but people kept sending me suggestions.

Many thanks for these suggestions to:

Kimberly Merriman
Barbara Bird
Barry Armandi
Norah Jones
Krista Finstad-Milion
Tracey Messer
Samir Shrivastava
Bobbie Turniansky
John Thornton
Bengt Kjellén
Fabrizio Maimone
C. Gopinath
Joseph Champoux
Wolfgang Mayhofer
Asha Bandarkar
Rajeev Bali
Carter Macnamara
Gary Lear
Irene de Pater
Charles-Clemens Ruling
Jack Huddleston
Alistair McEwan

Thanks also to those who reminded me of Joe Champoux's work in this area
http://champoux.swlearning.com)

The large number of suggestions is below.

(I know that this will not please Carter, but I have not tried to organise them under any taxonomy as I am sure many different approaches would be possible)

Mark

Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
Director, Centre for Practice Based Professional Learning & Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
United Kingdom

e-mail: m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk
(DL) +44 (0)1908-655804
Fax: +44 (0)1908-655898
Web : oubs.open.ac.uk



________________________________________________________

I would strongly recommend Attenborough's 'Gandhi.' It is a bit long, but there are some excellent segments in it that illustrate leadership.

One of the best films is 'Twelve O'Clock High' and others are 'Apollo 13', 'Wall Street', '12 Angry Men', 'Crimson Tide', 'Gandhi', 'Excalibur', and 'The Rise of the Phoenix'

I always thought and have used the movie Gung Ho with Tom Hanks as an example of charismatic leadership gone bad (as well as cultural implications)

Here are two of my favorite films which might be quite suitable for your purpose because they illustrate some of the reasons of failure of formal top-down leadership :-- Ken Loach, The Navigators (supervisor team briefing sequence, MD videoconference, ...)
-- Milos Forman, One flew over the cuckoo's nest (team therapy sessions = confrontation formal vs. informal leadership)

I teach Leadership to third year undergraduate students, and do use several films.I use The Wave on charismatic leadership (besides showing leadership behaviors it shows the dark side of charismatic leadership).
Animal Farm has great episodes on power and influence. So does the Godfather. And, I sometimes use speeches of influential leaders (M. L. King, Reagan, Clinton etc.) to show aspects of leadership.

On the topic of leadership, there are 2 decent clips from Dave (Kevin Kline) - asked to double for the President, we see how Dave transforms himself from a manager in one clip to a leader in another (the part where he chairs a meeting - everyone thinks he is the President - he acts like one accordingly). With these 2 clips, I ask the class whether: (1) If there is evidence of "Kaleidoscope" thinking?, (2) Is there a basic model of change? and (3) Is political support (no pun intended!) developed?

Related (as all these things always are) clips/topics include:
Ocean's Eleven - Danny Ocean explains the nature of the proposed robbery to his team. Questions: Is there any evidence (actual or implied) of culture shock in the scenes? What elements of a Learning Organisation were seen during the meeting? Were there any commercial oversights during the scenes? Is there evidence of Mess Management and Action Research?
The Devil's Advocate - We see Kevin Lomax (Reeves) being "wooed" by his prospective employer (Pacino). Questions: Put yourself in Kevin's position; carry out a quick SWOT analysis. Looking at Porter, which Primary and Secondary aspects did you see? Does this behaviour influence your perceptions of organisations (and what may be going on in the background)?
Other "essential films" include: The Godfather (as you might expect!) - in fact, perhaps "The Godfather" trilogy is a ready-made MBA course? :)


While a bit dated, one video that comes to mind is Tom Peters' "Leadership Alliance." It is segmented, so it is easy to pause at the end of sections to encourage discussion. Another video that I use a lot to talk about the role of the leader and the kind of culture that needs to be present in an organization to create employee engagement is the dramatic version of "Gung Ho" by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. Again, it is filmed in sections so you can pause and discuss. There is also a version that shows the story, and at the end of each part of the story Blanchard and Bowles discuss the key concepts from that part. Once again, it is a great way to encourage discussion, or to spread the video over several classes due to time issues.

Traditional, military model - 12 O'clock High (Peck's US Air Force Colonel) (for which I have some Instructor's Notes...)
Non traditional, institutional model - Brubaker (Redford's Prison Governor) (ditto re notes)
Non-traditional, military model - Guns at Batasi (specifically, Attenborough's RSM)
Traditional, military 'harassment' model - An Officer & A Gentleman (specifically, Lou Gossett Jnr's "I don't believe my eyes", recruit induction speech) funnier than FMJ
Over-the-top, military 'harassment' model - Full Metal Jacket and, although I haven't yet seen it, I believe this applies to Jarhead
Humorous take on military model - Stripes (Bill Murray's squad that teaches themselves the Drill Manual)
Dark side of leadership, leadership dilemma - Wall Street (Gekko's charismatic 'seduction' of Fox, Fox's astute 'learning' and climb up the ladder at the stockbroking firm, Blue Star crisis, consequence, redemption)
Leadership upwards - Dangerous Journey, but you won't be able to get it - it was a WW2 era training film which I last saw as a cadet in ?1959?, but there are also elements of this in Attenborough's RSM role.
Ethical leadership - any of the well-handled product recalls, e.g., the original Tylenol incident: there is a doco about that on video.
Corporate decision-making in a crisis and its leadership dimension - Blood on the Carpet BBC TV series, especially the hostile takeover one

I found Don Quixote's lessons in Leadership to be a wonderful film to trigger thoughts on leadership. The film has been put together by a professor from Stanford University. In fact Stanford University leadership center seems to have developed other relevant films too. I also use Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning to stimulate thinking on personal transformation on the path to developing leadership.

12 angry men from 1957, directed by syd lumet and starring, among others, henry fonda and lee cobb, which for a long time has been used to in leadership education to illustrate different leadership styles and group roles.


I would suggest the picture: "master & commander". I think it works very well (i used it with a target of bank managers), with an appropriate debriefing.

Any given sunday - Motivation is all
Matrix - The leader's reality
Elizabeth - Action and image
Nixon - The sacrifice of a responsible leader Life of Brian - The quest for models The Godfather - An evil decision maker The Bridge over the river Kwai - The curse of principles


I don't think I've seen one of my favorite leadership films here yet: Babe (the pig, not the Ruth).
I also use "Mutiny on the Bounty" for contrasting styles within the same situation.

The leadership provided by Gill in the fish tank in "Finding Nemo" is as good an example as any.

I used 12 angry men for many workshops to illustrate the nature of leadership and conformity

Shogun by James Clavell. It was a miniseries on ABC many
years ago, but they have created a two hour version. If you get past the
love story theme in the film, it is a terrific example of different
leadership styles, cultural influences, power, politics, etc.

My students (graduate) like clips from Office Space. I have also used 12 O'clock High (two contrasting styles), and would consider using Crimson Tide. Depending on how far back you want to go, there are interesting news clips of Admiral Rickover, one of Steve Jobs, etc. But they are quite dated.

There is an episode of The West Wing that is sort of a documentary about leadership quoting US presidential advisors and so forth. Quite interesting and useful overview. I enjoy films on leadership including: Gladiator, Master and Commander, Hamburger Hill, MASH, Eisenhower (TV miniseries), Patton, Lord of the Rings (primarily Return of the King), All the Kings Men, A Man who would be King, Gandhi, and most biographies of leaders. I would also suggest episodes from the Biography Channel, and other programming on PBS, CNN, ESPN and MSNBC that profile leadership roles and behaviors. Lots of sports movies about leadership (Hoosiers for example and more recent
films like Friday Night Lights.

Hi Mark!

Thank you for forwarding the list!!! Is it possible that only one female
leader is included (Elizabeth), or did I look too fast?

This semester my students analyzed a leader from a movie of their
choice. Several movies with female leaders were included:

Mona Lisa Smile (Katherine Watson, played by Julia Roberts)
Erin Brokavich (played by Julia Roberts)
Wizard of Oz (Dorothy, played by Judy Garland)
The American President (Sydney Ellen Wade, played by Annette Bening)
Legally Blonde (Elle Woods, played by Reese Witherspoon)
A League of Their Own (Dottie Hinson, played by Geena Davis)
Iron-Jawed Angels (an HBO film about women's suffrage, Alice Paul,
played by Hillary Swank)

A former student analyzed Maria from "Sound of Music" in a graduate
leadership class. It is interesting to note that only females analyzed
females, while both males and females analyzed males.

I wonder if the reason for the disparity is that Hollywood just isn't
making as many movies about female leaders as they are about male
leaders (which is likely the case)? Or if, when we think "leader", we
still conjure up the image of a "dominant male" (which, perusing the
list, may be the case)?

Joan

Joan M. McMahon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management
Joseph W. Luter School of Business
Christopher Newport University
1 University Place
Newport News, VA 23606
jmcmahon@cnu.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "M.P.Fenton-OCreevy" <M.P.Fenton-Ocreevy@OPEN.AC.UK>
Date: Friday, May 5, 2006 8:42 am
Subject: Re: Using films to teach leadership

> Thanks to all who contributed suggestions for films relevant to
> teaching leadership. I apologise for taking so long to summarise
> these but people kept sending me suggestions.
>
> Many thanks for these suggestions to:
>
> Kimberly Merriman
> Barbara Bird
> Barry Armandi
> Norah Jones
> Krista Finstad-Milion
> Tracey Messer
> Samir Shrivastava
> Bobbie Turniansky
> John Thornton
> Bengt Kjellén
> Fabrizio Maimone
> C. Gopinath
> Joseph Champoux
> Wolfgang Mayhofer
> Asha Bandarkar
> Rajeev Bali
> Carter Macnamara
> Gary Lear
> Irene de Pater
> Charles-Clemens Ruling
> Jack Huddleston
> Alistair McEwan
>
> Thanks also to those who reminded me of Joe Champoux's work in this
> area
> http://champoux.swlearning.com)
>
> The large number of suggestions is below.
>
> (I know that this will not please Carter, but I have not tried to
> organise them under any taxonomy as I am sure many different
> approaches would be possible)
>
> Mark
>
> Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
> Director, Centre for Practice Based Professional Learning &
> Professor of Organisational Behaviour
> Open University
> Walton Hall
> Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
> United Kingdom
>
> e-mail: m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk
> (DL) +44 (0)1908-655804
> Fax: +44 (0)1908-655898
> Web : oubs.open.ac.uk
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________
>
> I would strongly recommend Attenborough's 'Gandhi.' It is a bit
> long, but there are some excellent segments in it that illustrate
> leadership.
> One of the best films is 'Twelve O'Clock High' and others are
> 'Apollo 13', 'Wall Street', '12 Angry Men', 'Crimson Tide',
> 'Gandhi', 'Excalibur', and 'The Rise of the Phoenix'
>
> I always thought and have used the movie Gung Ho with Tom Hanks as
> an example of charismatic leadership gone bad (as well as cultural
> implications)
> Here are two of my favorite films which might be quite suitable for
> your purpose because they illustrate some of the reasons of failure
> of formal top-down leadership :-- Ken Loach, The Navigators
> (supervisor team briefing sequence, MD videoconference, ...)
> -- Milos Forman, One flew over the cuckoo's nest (team therapy
> sessions = confrontation formal vs. informal leadership)
>
> I teach Leadership to third year undergraduate students, and do use
> several films.I use The Wave on charismatic leadership (besides
> showing leadership behaviors it shows the dark side of charismatic
> leadership).Animal Farm has great episodes on power and influence.
> So does the Godfather. And, I sometimes use speeches of influential
> leaders (M. L. King, Reagan, Clinton etc.) to show aspects of
> leadership.
>
> On the topic of leadership, there are 2 decent clips from Dave
> (Kevin Kline) - asked to double for the President, we see how Dave
> transforms himself from a manager in one clip to a leader in
> another (the part where he chairs a meeting - everyone thinks he is
> the President - he acts like one accordingly). With these 2 clips,
> I ask the class whether: (1) If there is evidence of "Kaleidoscope"
> thinking?, (2) Is there a basic model of change? and (3) Is
> political support (no pun intended!) developed?
>
> Related (as all these things always are) clips/topics include:
> Ocean's Eleven - Danny Ocean explains the nature of the proposed
> robbery to his team. Questions: Is there any evidence (actual or
> implied) of culture shock in the scenes? What elements of a
> Learning Organisation were seen during the meeting? Were there any
> commercial oversights during the scenes? Is there evidence of Mess
> Management and Action Research?
> The Devil's Advocate - We see Kevin Lomax (Reeves) being "wooed" by
> his prospective employer (Pacino). Questions: Put yourself in
> Kevin's position; carry out a quick SWOT analysis. Looking at
> Porter, which Primary and Secondary aspects did you see? Does this
> behaviour influence your perceptions of organisations (and what may
> be going on in the background)?
> Other "essential films" include: The Godfather (as you might
> expect!) - in fact, perhaps "The Godfather" trilogy is a ready-made
> MBA course? :)
>
>
> While a bit dated, one video that comes to mind is Tom Peters'
> "Leadership Alliance." It is segmented, so it is easy to pause at
> the end of sections to encourage discussion. Another video that I
> use a lot to talk about the role of the leader and the kind of
> culture that needs to be present in an organization to create
> employee engagement is the dramatic version of "Gung Ho" by Ken
> Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. Again, it is filmed in sections so
> you can pause and discuss. There is also a version that shows the
> story, and at the end of each part of the story Blanchard and
> Bowles discuss the key concepts from that part. Once again, it is
> a great way to encourage discussion, or to spread the video over
> several classes due to time issues.
>
> Traditional, military model - 12 O'clock High (Peck's US Air Force
> Colonel) (for which I have some Instructor's Notes...)
> Non traditional, institutional model - Brubaker (Redford's
> Prison Governor) (ditto re notes)
> Non-traditional, military model - Guns at Batasi (specifically,
> Attenborough's RSM)
> Traditional, military 'harassment' model - An Officer & A
> Gentleman (specifically, Lou Gossett Jnr's "I don't believe my
> eyes", recruit induction speech) funnier than FMJ
> Over-the-top, military 'harassment' model - Full Metal Jacket
> and, although I haven't yet seen it, I believe this applies to Jarhead
> Humorous take on military model - Stripes (Bill Murray's squad
> that teaches themselves the Drill Manual)
> Dark side of leadership, leadership dilemma - Wall Street
> (Gekko's charismatic 'seduction' of Fox, Fox's astute 'learning'
> and climb up the ladder at the stockbroking firm, Blue Star crisis,
> consequence, redemption)
> Leadership upwards - Dangerous Journey, but you won't be able
> to get it - it was a WW2 era training film which I last saw as a
> cadet in ?1959?, but there are also elements of this in
> Attenborough's RSM role.
> Ethical leadership - any of the well-handled product recalls,
> e.g., the original Tylenol incident: there is a doco about that on
> video. Corporate decision-making in a crisis and its leadership
> dimension - Blood on the Carpet BBC TV series, especially the
> hostile takeover one
>
> I found Don Quixote's lessons in Leadership to be a wonderful film
> to trigger thoughts on leadership. The film has been put together
> by a professor from Stanford University. In fact Stanford
> University leadership center seems to have developed other relevant
> films too. I also use Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning to
> stimulate thinking on personal transformation on the path to
> developing leadership.
>
> 12 angry men from 1957, directed by syd lumet and starring, among
> others, henry fonda and lee cobb, which for a long time has been
> used to in leadership education to illustrate different leadership
> styles and group roles.
>
>
> I would suggest the picture: "master & commander". I think it works
> very well (i used it with a target of bank managers), with an
> appropriate debriefing.
>
> Any given sunday - Motivation is all
> Matrix - The leader's reality
> Elizabeth - Action and image
> Nixon - The sacrifice of a responsible leader Life of Brian - The
> quest for models The Godfather - An evil decision maker The Bridge
> over the river Kwai - The curse of principles
>
>
> I don't think I've seen one of my favorite leadership films here
> yet: Babe (the pig, not the Ruth).
> I also use "Mutiny on the Bounty" for contrasting styles within the
> same situation.
>
> The leadership provided by Gill in the fish tank in "Finding Nemo"
> is as good an example as any.
>
> I used 12 angry men for many workshops to illustrate the nature of
> leadership and conformity
>
> Shogun by James Clavell. It was a miniseries on ABC many
> years ago, but they have created a two hour version. If you get
> past the
> love story theme in the film, it is a terrific example of different
> leadership styles, cultural influences, power, politics, etc.
>
> My students (graduate) like clips from Office Space. I have also
> used 12 O'clock High (two contrasting styles), and would consider
> using Crimson Tide. Depending on how far back you want to go, there
> are interesting news clips of Admiral Rickover, one of Steve Jobs,
> etc. But they are quite dated.
>
> There is an episode of The West Wing that is sort of a documentary
> about leadership quoting US presidential advisors and so forth.
> Quite interesting and useful overview. I enjoy films on leadership
> including: Gladiator, Master and Commander, Hamburger Hill, MASH,
> Eisenhower (TV miniseries), Patton, Lord of the Rings (primarily
> Return of the King), All the Kings Men, A Man who would be King,
> Gandhi, and most biographies of leaders. I would also suggest
> episodes from the Biography Channel, and other programming on PBS,
> CNN, ESPN and MSNBC that profile leadership roles and behaviors.
> Lots of sports movies about leadership (Hoosiers for example and
> more recent
> films like Friday Night Lights.
>

Joan, many thanks for this and you make good points about the gender imbalance.

Mark

Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
Director, Centre for Practice Based Professional Learning & Professor of
Organisational Behaviour
Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
United Kingdom


e-mail: m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk
(DL) +44 (0)1908-655804
Fax: +44 (0)1908-655898
Web : cetl.open.ac.uk/pbpl



________________________________

From: Management Education and Development Discussion on behalf of Dr. Joan McMahon
Sent: Sat 06/05/2006 16:53
To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Re: Using films to teach leadership



Hi Mark!

Thank you for forwarding the list!!! Is it possible that only one female
leader is included (Elizabeth), or did I look too fast?

This semester my students analyzed a leader from a movie of their
choice. Several movies with female leaders were included:

Mona Lisa Smile (Katherine Watson, played by Julia Roberts)
Erin Brokavich (played by Julia Roberts)
Wizard of Oz (Dorothy, played by Judy Garland)
The American President (Sydney Ellen Wade, played by Annette Bening)
Legally Blonde (Elle Woods, played by Reese Witherspoon)
A League of Their Own (Dottie Hinson, played by Geena Davis)
Iron-Jawed Angels (an HBO film about women's suffrage, Alice Paul,
played by Hillary Swank)

A former student analyzed Maria from "Sound of Music" in a graduate
leadership class. It is interesting to note that only females analyzed
females, while both males and females analyzed males.

I wonder if the reason for the disparity is that Hollywood just isn't
making as many movies about female leaders as they are about male
leaders (which is likely the case)? Or if, when we think "leader", we
still conjure up the image of a "dominant male" (which, perusing the
list, may be the case)?

Joan

Joan M. McMahon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management
Joseph W. Luter School of Business
Christopher Newport University
1 University Place
Newport News, VA 23606
jmcmahon@cnu.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "M.P.Fenton-OCreevy" <M.P.Fenton-Ocreevy@OPEN.AC.UK>
Date: Friday, May 5, 2006 8:42 am
Subject: Re: Using films to teach leadership

> Thanks to all who contributed suggestions for films relevant to
> teaching leadership. I apologise for taking so long to summarise
> these but people kept sending me suggestions.
>
> Many thanks for these suggestions to:
>
> Kimberly Merriman
> Barbara Bird
> Barry Armandi
> Norah Jones
> Krista Finstad-Milion
> Tracey Messer
> Samir Shrivastava
> Bobbie Turniansky
> John Thornton
> Bengt Kjellén
> Fabrizio Maimone
> C. Gopinath
> Joseph Champoux
> Wolfgang Mayhofer
> Asha Bandarkar
> Rajeev Bali
> Carter Macnamara
> Gary Lear
> Irene de Pater
> Charles-Clemens Ruling
> Jack Huddleston
> Alistair McEwan
>
> Thanks also to those who reminded me of Joe Champoux's work in this
> area
> http://champoux.swlearning.com)
>
> The large number of suggestions is below.
>
> (I know that this will not please Carter, but I have not tried to
> organise them under any taxonomy as I am sure many different
> approaches would be possible)
>
> Mark
>
> Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
> Director, Centre for Practice Based Professional Learning &
> Professor of Organisational Behaviour
> Open University
> Walton Hall
> Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
> United Kingdom
>
> e-mail: m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk
> (DL) +44 (0)1908-655804
> Fax: +44 (0)1908-655898
> Web : oubs.open.ac.uk
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________
>
> I would strongly recommend Attenborough's 'Gandhi.' It is a bit
> long, but there are some excellent segments in it that illustrate
> leadership.
> One of the best films is 'Twelve O'Clock High' and others are
> 'Apollo 13', 'Wall Street', '12 Angry Men', 'Crimson Tide',
> 'Gandhi', 'Excalibur', and 'The Rise of the Phoenix'
>
> I always thought and have used the movie Gung Ho with Tom Hanks as
> an example of charismatic leadership gone bad (as well as cultural
> implications)
> Here are two of my favorite films which might be quite suitable for
> your purpose because they illustrate some of the reasons of failure
> of formal top-down leadership :-- Ken Loach, The Navigators
> (supervisor team briefing sequence, MD videoconference, ...)
> -- Milos Forman, One flew over the cuckoo's nest (team therapy
> sessions = confrontation formal vs. informal leadership)
>
> I teach Leadership to third year undergraduate students, and do use
> several films.I use The Wave on charismatic leadership (besides
> showing leadership behaviors it shows the dark side of charismatic
> leadership).Animal Farm has great episodes on power and influence.
> So does the Godfather. And, I sometimes use speeches of influential
> leaders (M. L. King, Reagan, Clinton etc.) to show aspects of
> leadership.
>
> On the topic of leadership, there are 2 decent clips from Dave
> (Kevin Kline) - asked to double for the President, we see how Dave
> transforms himself from a manager in one clip to a leader in
> another (the part where he chairs a meeting - everyone thinks he is
> the President - he acts like one accordingly). With these 2 clips,
> I ask the class whether: (1) If there is evidence of "Kaleidoscope"
> thinking?, (2) Is there a basic model of change? and (3) Is
> political support (no pun intended!) developed?
>
> Related (as all these things always are) clips/topics include:
> Ocean's Eleven - Danny Ocean explains the nature of the proposed
> robbery to his team. Questions: Is there any evidence (actual or
> implied) of culture shock in the scenes? What elements of a
> Learning Organisation were seen during the meeting? Were there any
> commercial oversights during the scenes? Is there evidence of Mess
> Management and Action Research?
> The Devil's Advocate - We see Kevin Lomax (Reeves) being "wooed" by
> his prospective employer (Pacino). Questions: Put yourself in
> Kevin's position; carry out a quick SWOT analysis. Looking at
> Porter, which Primary and Secondary aspects did you see? Does this
> behaviour influence your perceptions of organisations (and what may
> be going on in the background)?
> Other "essential films" include: The Godfather (as you might
> expect!) - in fact, perhaps "The Godfather" trilogy is a ready-made
> MBA course? :)
>
>
> While a bit dated, one video that comes to mind is Tom Peters'
> "Leadership Alliance." It is segmented, so it is easy to pause at
> the end of sections to encourage discussion. Another video that I
> use a lot to talk about the role of the leader and the kind of
> culture that needs to be present in an organization to create
> employee engagement is the dramatic version of "Gung Ho" by Ken
> Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. Again, it is filmed in sections so
> you can pause and discuss. There is also a version that shows the
> story, and at the end of each part of the story Blanchard and
> Bowles discuss the key concepts from that part. Once again, it is
> a great way to encourage discussion, or to spread the video over
> several classes due to time issues.
>
> Traditional, military model - 12 O'clock High (Peck's US Air Force
> Colonel) (for which I have some Instructor's Notes...)
> Non traditional, institutional model - Brubaker (Redford's
> Prison Governor) (ditto re notes)
> Non-traditional, military model - Guns at Batasi (specifically,
> Attenborough's RSM)
> Traditional, military 'harassment' model - An Officer & A
> Gentleman (specifically, Lou Gossett Jnr's "I don't believe my
> eyes", recruit induction speech) funnier than FMJ
> Over-the-top, military 'harassment' model - Full Metal Jacket
> and, although I haven't yet seen it, I believe this applies to Jarhead
> Humorous take on military model - Stripes (Bill Murray's squad
> that teaches themselves the Drill Manual)
> Dark side of leadership, leadership dilemma - Wall Street
> (Gekko's charismatic 'seduction' of Fox, Fox's astute 'learning'
> and climb up the ladder at the stockbroking firm, Blue Star crisis,
> consequence, redemption)
> Leadership upwards - Dangerous Journey, but you won't be able
> to get it - it was a WW2 era training film which I last saw as a
> cadet in ?1959?, but there are also elements of this in
> Attenborough's RSM role.
> Ethical leadership - any of the well-handled product recalls,
> e.g., the original Tylenol incident: there is a doco about that on
> video. Corporate decision-making in a crisis and its leadership
> dimension - Blood on the Carpet BBC TV series, especially the
> hostile takeover one
>
> I found Don Quixote's lessons in Leadership to be a wonderful film
> to trigger thoughts on leadership. The film has been put together
> by a professor from Stanford University. In fact Stanford
> University leadership center seems to have developed other relevant
> films too. I also use Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning to
> stimulate thinking on personal transformation on the path to
> developing leadership.
>
> 12 angry men from 1957, directed by syd lumet and starring, among
> others, henry fonda and lee cobb, which for a long time has been
> used to in leadership education to illustrate different leadership
> styles and group roles.
>
>
> I would suggest the picture: "master & commander". I think it works
> very well (i used it with a target of bank managers), with an
> appropriate debriefing.
>
> Any given sunday - Motivation is all
> Matrix - The leader's reality
> Elizabeth - Action and image
> Nixon - The sacrifice of a responsible leader Life of Brian - The
> quest for models The Godfather - An evil decision maker The Bridge
> over the river Kwai - The curse of principles
>
>
> I don't think I've seen one of my favorite leadership films here
> yet: Babe (the pig, not the Ruth).
> I also use "Mutiny on the Bounty" for contrasting styles within the
> same situation.
>
> The leadership provided by Gill in the fish tank in "Finding Nemo"
> is as good an example as any.
>
> I used 12 angry men for many workshops to illustrate the nature of
> leadership and conformity
>
> Shogun by James Clavell. It was a miniseries on ABC many
> years ago, but they have created a two hour version. If you get
> past the
> love story theme in the film, it is a terrific example of different
> leadership styles, cultural influences, power, politics, etc.
>
> My students (graduate) like clips from Office Space. I have also
> used 12 O'clock High (two contrasting styles), and would consider
> using Crimson Tide. Depending on how far back you want to go, there
> are interesting news clips of Admiral Rickover, one of Steve Jobs,
> etc. But they are quite dated.
>
> There is an episode of The West Wing that is sort of a documentary
> about leadership quoting US presidential advisors and so forth.
> Quite interesting and useful overview. I enjoy films on leadership
> including: Gladiator, Master and Commander, Hamburger Hill, MASH,
> Eisenhower (TV miniseries), Patton, Lord of the Rings (primarily
> Return of the King), All the Kings Men, A Man who would be King,
> Gandhi, and most biographies of leaders. I would also suggest
> episodes from the Biography Channel, and other programming on PBS,
> CNN, ESPN and MSNBC that profile leadership roles and behaviors.
> Lots of sports movies about leadership (Hoosiers for example and
> more recent
> films like Friday Night Lights.
>

I second Ted's concern about this. It seems to be only when I specify
that the students should consider women as well as men that they do so.
This should be of concern to all of us.

Please keep the discussion online.

Ruth

Ted Rosen wrote:
> Joan and Mark:
>
> Joan and Mark, thanks for the lists.
>
> Joan and all: I run an activity (published in gaming and simulation
> literature) where the students (all working grad students) identify 3
> people whom they consider to be effective leaders. Then the students
> are broken into groups and "consense" on the top 5 leaders from the
> students' lists in each group.
>
> Rarely do I ever get even 1 female leader. When I facilitate the
> discussion about the groups' selection processes, there are some females
> mentioned on individual lists, but then the group process eliminates
> them from the final group lists.
>
> Many reasons are offered, but mostly the male leaders seem to carry more
> weight in our society. Women only are mentioned with any regularity if
> that woman or two has been in recent headlines in the media. I agree on
> the Hollywood issues you mentioned, but must wonder about the strength
> of our "cultural" norms that still focus on male leaders in the
> broadcast, journalistic and other media. I am planning a research
> project to follow-up on this activity to look at the reasons females are
> not making the final lists and rarely even making the preliminary ones.
>
> Your thoughts on this would be appreciated, offline if you wish.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> Theodore H. Rosen, Ph.D.
> George Washington University School of Business
> Department of Management
> Washington, DC 20052 USA
> E-mail: throsen@gwu.edu <mailto:throsen@gwu.edu>
> Phone: 202/994-1562
>
>
>
> On 5/6/06, Dr. Joan McMahon <jmcmahon@cnu.edu <mailto:jmcmahon@cnu.edu>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark!
>
> Thank you for forwarding the list!!! Is it possible that only one female
> leader is included (Elizabeth), or did I look too fast?
>
> This semester my students analyzed a leader from a movie of their
> choice. Several movies with female leaders were included:
>
> Mona Lisa Smile (Katherine Watson, played by Julia Roberts)
> Erin Brokavich (played by Julia Roberts)
> Wizard of Oz (Dorothy, played by Judy Garland)
> The American President (Sydney Ellen Wade, played by Annette Bening)
> Legally Blonde (Elle Woods, played by Reese Witherspoon)
> A League of Their Own (Dottie Hinson, played by Geena Davis)
> Iron-Jawed Angels (an HBO film about women's suffrage, Alice Paul,
> played by Hillary Swank)
>
> A former student analyzed Maria from "Sound of Music" in a graduate
> leadership class. It is interesting to note that only females analyzed
> females, while both males and females analyzed males.
>
> I wonder if the reason for the disparity is that Hollywood just isn't
> making as many movies about female leaders as they are about male
> leaders (which is likely the case)? Or if, when we think "leader", we
> still conjure up the image of a "dominant male" (which, perusing the
> list, may be the case)?
>
> Joan
>
> Joan M. McMahon, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor of Management
> Joseph W. Luter School of Business
> Christopher Newport University
> 1 University Place
> Newport News, VA 23606
> jmcmahon@cnu.edu <mailto:jmcmahon@cnu.edu>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M.P.Fenton-OCreevy" < M.P.Fenton-Ocreevy@OPEN.AC.UK
> <mailto:M.P.Fenton-Ocreevy@OPEN.AC.UK>>
> Date: Friday, May 5, 2006 8:42 am
> Subject: Re: Using films to teach leadership
>
> > Thanks to all who contributed suggestions for films relevant to
> > teaching leadership. I apologise for taking so long to summarise
> > these but people kept sending me suggestions.
> >
> > Many thanks for these suggestions to:
> >
> > Kimberly Merriman
> > Barbara Bird
> > Barry Armandi
> > Norah Jones
> > Krista Finstad-Milion
> > Tracey Messer
> > Samir Shrivastava
> > Bobbie Turniansky
> > John Thornton
> > Bengt Kjell�n
> > Fabrizio Maimone
> > C. Gopinath
> > Joseph Champoux
> > Wolfgang Mayhofer
> > Asha Bandarkar
> > Rajeev Bali
> > Carter Macnamara
> > Gary Lear
> > Irene de Pater
> > Charles-Clemens Ruling
> > Jack Huddleston
> > Alistair McEwan
> >
> > Thanks also to those who reminded me of Joe Champoux's work in this
> > area
> > http://champoux.swlearning.com)
> >
> > The large number of suggestions is below.
> >
> > (I know that this will not please Carter, but I have not tried to
> > organise them under any taxonomy as I am sure many different
> > approaches would be possible)
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
> > Director, Centre for Practice Based Professional Learning &
> > Professor of Organisational Behaviour
> > Open University
> > Walton Hall
> > Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
> > United Kingdom
> >
> > e-mail: m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk
> <mailto:m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk>
> > (DL) +44 (0)1908-655804
> > Fax: +44 (0)1908-655898
> > Web : oubs.open.ac.uk <http://oubs.open.ac.uk>
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________________________
> >
> > I would strongly recommend Attenborough's 'Gandhi.' It is a bit
> > long, but there are some excellent segments in it that illustrate
> > leadership.
> > One of the best films is 'Twelve O'Clock High' and others are
> > 'Apollo 13', 'Wall Street', '12 Angry Men', 'Crimson Tide',
> > 'Gandhi', 'Excalibur', and 'The Rise of the Phoenix'
> >
> > I always thought and have used the movie Gung Ho with Tom Hanks as
> > an example of charismatic leadership gone bad (as well as cultural
> > implications)
> > Here are two of my favorite films which might be quite suitable for
> > your purpose because they illustrate some of the reasons of failure
> > of formal top-down leadership :-- Ken Loach, The Navigators
> > (supervisor team briefing sequence, MD videoconference, ...)
> > -- Milos Forman, One flew over the cuckoo's nest (team therapy
> > sessions = confrontation formal vs. informal leadership)
> >
> > I teach Leadership to third year undergraduate students, and do use
> > several films.I use The Wave on charismatic leadership (besides
> > showing leadership behaviors it shows the dark side of charismatic
> > leadership).Animal Farm has great episodes on power and influence.
> > So does the Godfather. And, I sometimes use speeches of influential
> > leaders (M. L. King, Reagan, Clinton etc.) to show aspects of
> > leadership.
> >
> > On the topic of leadership, there are 2 decent clips from Dave
> > (Kevin Kline) - asked to double for the President, we see how Dave
> > transforms himself from a manager in one clip to a leader in
> > another (the part where he chairs a meeting - everyone thinks he is
> > the President - he acts like one accordingly). With these 2 clips,
> > I ask the class whether: (1) If there is evidence of "Kaleidoscope"
> > thinking?, (2) Is there a basic model of change? and (3) Is
> > political support (no pun intended!) developed?
> >
> > Related (as all these things always are) clips/topics include:
> > Ocean's Eleven - Danny Ocean explains the nature of the proposed
> > robbery to his team. Questions: Is there any evidence (actual or
> > implied) of culture shock in the scenes? What elements of a
> > Learning Organisation were seen during the meeting? Were there any
> > commercial oversights during the scenes? Is there evidence of Mess
> > Management and Action Research?
> > The Devil's Advocate - We see Kevin Lomax (Reeves) being "wooed" by
> > his prospective employer (Pacino). Questions: Put yourself in
> > Kevin's position; carry out a quick SWOT analysis. Looking at
> > Porter, which Primary and Secondary aspects did you see? Does this
> > behaviour influence your perceptions of organisations (and what may
> > be going on in the background)?
> > Other "essential films" include: The Godfather (as you might
> > expect!) - in fact, perhaps "The Godfather" trilogy is a ready-made
> > MBA course? :)
> >
> >
> > While a bit dated, one video that comes to mind is Tom Peters'
> > "Leadership Alliance." It is segmented, so it is easy to pause at
> > the end of sections to encourage discussion. Another video that I
> > use a lot to talk about the role of the leader and the kind of
> > culture that needs to be present in an organization to create
> > employee engagement is the dramatic version of "Gung Ho" by Ken
> > Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. Again, it is filmed in sections so
> > you can pause and discuss. There is also a version that shows the
> > story, and at the end of each part of the story Blanchard and
> > Bowles discuss the key concepts from that part. Once again, it is
> > a great way to encourage discussion, or to spread the video over
> > several classes due to time issues.
> >
> > Traditional, military model - 12 O'clock High (Peck's US Air Force
> > Colonel) (for which I have some Instructor's Notes...)
> > Non traditional, institutional model - Brubaker (Redford's
> > Prison Governor) (ditto re notes)
> > Non-traditional, military model - Guns at Batasi (specifically,
> > Attenborough's RSM)
> > Traditional, military 'harassment' model - An Officer & A
> > Gentleman (specifically, Lou Gossett Jnr's "I don't believe my
> > eyes", recruit induction speech) funnier than FMJ
> > Over-the-top, military 'harassment' model - Full Metal Jacket
> > and, although I haven't yet seen it, I believe this applies to
> Jarhead
> > Humorous take on military model - Stripes (Bill Murray's squad
> > that teaches themselves the Drill Manual)
> > Dark side of leadership, leadership dilemma - Wall Street
> > (Gekko's charismatic 'seduction' of Fox, Fox's astute 'learning'
> > and climb up the ladder at the stockbroking firm, Blue Star crisis,
> > consequence, redemption)
> > Leadership upwards - Dangerous Journey, but you won't be able
> > to get it - it was a WW2 era training film which I last saw as a
> > cadet in ?1959?, but there are also elements of this in
> > Attenborough's RSM role.
> > Ethical leadership - any of the well-handled product recalls,
> > e.g., the original Tylenol incident: there is a doco about that on
> > video. Corporate decision-making in a crisis and its leadership
> > dimension - Blood on the Carpet BBC TV series, especially the
> > hostile takeover one
> >
> > I found Don Quixote's lessons in Leadership to be a wonderful film
> > to trigger thoughts on leadership. The film has been put together
> > by a professor from Stanford University. In fact Stanford
> > University leadership center seems to have developed other relevant
> > films too. I also use Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning to
> > stimulate thinking on personal transformation on the path to
> > developing leadership.
> >
> > 12 angry men from 1957, directed by syd lumet and starring, among
> > others, henry fonda and lee cobb, which for a long time has been
> > used to in leadership education to illustrate different leadership
> > styles and group roles.
> >
> >
> > I would suggest the picture: "master & commander". I think it works
> > very well (i used it with a target of bank managers), with an
> > appropriate debriefing.
> >
> > Any given sunday - Motivation is all
> > Matrix - The leader's reality
> > Elizabeth - Action and image
> > Nixon - The sacrifice of a responsible leader Life of Brian - The
> > quest for models The Godfather - An evil decision maker The Bridge
> > over the river Kwai - The curse of principles
> >
> >
> > I don't think I've seen one of my favorite leadership films here
> > yet: Babe (the pig, not the Ruth).
> > I also use "Mutiny on the Bounty" for contrasting styles within the
> > same situation.
> >
> > The leadership provided by Gill in the fish tank in "Finding Nemo"
> > is as good an example as any.
> >
> > I used 12 angry men for many workshops to illustrate the nature of
> > leadership and conformity
> >
> > Shogun by James Clavell. It was a miniseries on ABC many
> > years ago, but they have created a two hour version. If you get
> > past the
> > love story theme in the film, it is a terrific example of different
> > leadership styles, cultural influences, power, politics, etc.
> >
> > My students (graduate) like clips from Office Space. I have also
> > used 12 O'clock High (two contrasting styles), and would consider
> > using Crimson Tide. Depending on how far back you want to go, there
> > are interesting news clips of Admiral Rickover, one of Steve Jobs,
> > etc. But they are quite dated.
> >
> > There is an episode of The West Wing that is sort of a documentary
> > about leadership quoting US presidential advisors and so forth.
> > Quite interesting and useful overview. I enjoy films on leadership
> > including: Gladiator, Master and Commander, Hamburger Hill, MASH,
> > Eisenhower (TV miniseries), Patton, Lord of the Rings (primarily
> > Return of the King), All the Kings Men, A Man who would be King,
> > Gandhi, and most biographies of leaders. I would also suggest
> > episodes from the Biography Channel, and other programming on PBS,
> > CNN, ESPN and MSNBC that profile leadership roles and behaviors.
> > Lots of sports movies about leadership (Hoosiers for example and
> > more recent
> > films like Friday Night Lights.
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> gted666@gmail.com <mailto:gted666@gmail.com>
> USA

--
Ruth H. Axelrod
The George Washington University
(H/O) 301-593-4938

I have a bit of data from an undergraduate class in Bulgaria. 30 students
had to pick a leader and try to identify his/her crucible. I gave no limits
or comments on sex. Two students chose Margaret Thatcher (one male, one
female), one chose Indira Ghandhi (male student), one Diana Princess of
Wales (female student), and in a strange pick, a male student chose Elena
Ceaucescu, wife of the Communist dictator of Romania. Of course the
remaining 25 picked male leaders.
Ellen Greenberg

Ruth H. Axelrod writes:

> I second Ted's concern about this. It seems to be only when I specify
> that the students should consider women as well as men that they do so.
> This should be of concern to all of us.
>
> Please keep the discussion online.
>
> Ruth
>
> Ted Rosen wrote:
>> Joan and Mark:
>> Joan and Mark, thanks for the lists.
>> Joan and all: I run an activity (published in gaming and simulation
>> literature) where the students (all working grad students) identify 3
>> people whom they consider to be effective leaders. Then the students are
>> broken into groups and "consense" on the top 5 leaders from the students'
>> lists in each group.
>> Rarely do I ever get even 1 female leader. When I facilitate the
>> discussion about the groups' selection processes, there are some females
>> mentioned on individual lists, but then the group process eliminates them
>> from the final group lists.
>> Many reasons are offered, but mostly the male leaders seem to carry more
>> weight in our society. Women only are mentioned with any regularity if
>> that woman or two has been in recent headlines in the media. I agree on
>> the Hollywood issues you mentioned, but must wonder about the strength of
>> our "cultural" norms that still focus on male leaders in the broadcast,
>> journalistic and other media. I am planning a research project to
>> follow-up on this activity to look at the reasons females are not making
>> the final lists and rarely even making the preliminary ones. Your
>> thoughts on this would be appreciated, offline if you wish.
>> Thanks,
>> Ted
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Theodore H. Rosen, Ph.D.
>> George Washington University School of Business
>> Department of Management
>> Washington, DC 20052 USA
>> E-mail: throsen@gwu.edu <mailto:throsen@gwu.edu>
>> Phone: 202/994-1562
>>
>>
>> On 5/6/06, Dr. Joan McMahon <jmcmahon@cnu.edu <mailto:jmcmahon@cnu.edu>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mark!
>>
>> Thank you for forwarding the list!!! Is it possible that only one female
>> leader is included (Elizabeth), or did I look too fast?
>>
>> This semester my students analyzed a leader from a movie of their
>> choice. Several movies with female leaders were included:
>>
>> Mona Lisa Smile (Katherine Watson, played by Julia Roberts)
>> Erin Brokavich (played by Julia Roberts)
>> Wizard of Oz (Dorothy, played by Judy Garland)
>> The American President (Sydney Ellen Wade, played by Annette Bening)
>> Legally Blonde (Elle Woods, played by Reese Witherspoon)
>> A League of Their Own (Dottie Hinson, played by Geena Davis)
>> Iron-Jawed Angels (an HBO film about women's suffrage, Alice Paul,
>> played by Hillary Swank)
>>
>> A former student analyzed Maria from "Sound of Music" in a graduate
>> leadership class. It is interesting to note that only females analyzed
>> females, while both males and females analyzed males.
>>
>> I wonder if the reason for the disparity is that Hollywood just isn't
>> making as many movies about female leaders as they are about male
>> leaders (which is likely the case)? Or if, when we think "leader", we
>> still conjure up the image of a "dominant male" (which, perusing the
>> list, may be the case)?
>>
>> Joan
>>
>> Joan M. McMahon, Ph.D.
>> Assistant Professor of Management
>> Joseph W. Luter School of Business
>> Christopher Newport University
>> 1 University Place
>> Newport News, VA 23606
>> jmcmahon@cnu.edu <mailto:jmcmahon@cnu.edu>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "M.P.Fenton-OCreevy" < M.P.Fenton-Ocreevy@OPEN.AC.UK
>> <mailto:M.P.Fenton-Ocreevy@OPEN.AC.UK>>
>> Date: Friday, May 5, 2006 8:42 am
>> Subject: Re: Using films to teach leadership
>>
>> > Thanks to all who contributed suggestions for films relevant to
>> > teaching leadership. I apologise for taking so long to summarise
>> > these but people kept sending me suggestions.
>> >
>> > Many thanks for these suggestions to:
>> >
>> > Kimberly Merriman
>> > Barbara Bird
>> > Barry Armandi
>> > Norah Jones
>> > Krista Finstad-Milion
>> > Tracey Messer
>> > Samir Shrivastava
>> > Bobbie Turniansky
>> > John Thornton
>> > Bengt Kjell�n
>> > Fabrizio Maimone
>> > C. Gopinath
>> > Joseph Champoux
>> > Wolfgang Mayhofer
>> > Asha Bandarkar
>> > Rajeev Bali
>> > Carter Macnamara
>> > Gary Lear
>> > Irene de Pater
>> > Charles-Clemens Ruling
>> > Jack Huddleston
>> > Alistair McEwan
>> >
>> > Thanks also to those who reminded me of Joe Champoux's work in this
>> > area
>> > http://champoux.swlearning.com)
>> >
>> > The large number of suggestions is below.
>> >
>> > (I know that this will not please Carter, but I have not tried to
>> > organise them under any taxonomy as I am sure many different
>> > approaches would be possible)
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> > Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
>> > Director, Centre for Practice Based Professional Learning &
>> > Professor of Organisational Behaviour
>> > Open University
>> > Walton Hall
>> > Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
>> > United Kingdom
>> >
>> > e-mail: m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk
>> <mailto:m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk>
>> > (DL) +44 (0)1908-655804
>> > Fax: +44 (0)1908-655898
>> > Web : oubs.open.ac.uk <http://oubs.open.ac.uk>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________________________________
>> >
>> > I would strongly recommend Attenborough's 'Gandhi.' It is a bit
>> > long, but there are some excellent segments in it that illustrate
>> > leadership.
>> > One of the best films is 'Twelve O'Clock High' and others are
>> > 'Apollo 13', 'Wall Street', '12 Angry Men', 'Crimson Tide',
>> > 'Gandhi', 'Excalibur', and 'The Rise of the Phoenix'
>> >
>> > I always thought and have used the movie Gung Ho with Tom Hanks as
>> > an example of charismatic leadership gone bad (as well as cultural
>> > implications)
>> > Here are two of my favorite films which might be quite suitable for
>> > your purpose because they illustrate some of the reasons of failure
>> > of formal top-down leadership :-- Ken Loach, The Navigators
>> > (supervisor team briefing sequence, MD videoconference, ...)
>> > -- Milos Forman, One flew over the cuckoo's nest (team therapy
>> > sessions = confrontation formal vs. informal leadership)
>> >
>> > I teach Leadership to third year undergraduate students, and do use
>> > several films.I use The Wave on charismatic leadership (besides
>> > showing leadership behaviors it shows the dark side of charismatic
>> > leadership).Animal Farm has great episodes on power and influence.
>> > So does the Godfather. And, I sometimes use speeches of influential
>> > leaders (M. L. King, Reagan, Clinton etc.) to show aspects of
>> > leadership.
>> >
>> > On the topic of leadership, there are 2 decent clips from Dave
>> > (Kevin Kline) - asked to double for the President, we see how Dave
>> > transforms himself from a manager in one clip to a leader in
>> > another (the part where he chairs a meeting - everyone thinks he is
>> > the President - he acts like one accordingly). With these 2 clips,
>> > I ask the class whether: (1) If there is evidence of "Kaleidoscope"
>> > thinking?, (2) Is there a basic model of change? and (3) Is
>> > political support (no pun intended!) developed?
>> >
>> > Related (as all these things always are) clips/topics include:
>> > Ocean's Eleven - Danny Ocean explains the nature of the proposed
>> > robbery to his team. Questions: Is there any evidence (actual or
>> > implied) of culture shock in the scenes? What elements of a
>> > Learning Organisation were seen during the meeting? Were there any
>> > commercial oversights during the scenes? Is there evidence of Mess
>> > Management and Action Research?
>> > The Devil's Advocate - We see Kevin Lomax (Reeves) being "wooed" by
>> > his prospective employer (Pacino). Questions: Put yourself in
>> > Kevin's position; carry out a quick SWOT analysis. Looking at
>> > Porter, which Primary and Secondary aspects did you see? Does this
>> > behaviour influence your perceptions of organisations (and what may
>> > be going on in the background)?
>> > Other "essential films" include: The Godfather (as you might
>> > expect!) - in fact, perhaps "The Godfather" trilogy is a ready-made
>> > MBA course? :)
>> >
>> >
>> > While a bit dated, one video that comes to mind is Tom Peters'
>> > "Leadership Alliance." It is segmented, so it is easy to pause at
>> > the end of sections to encourage discussion. Another video that I
>> > use a lot to talk about the role of the leader and the kind of
>> > culture that needs to be present in an organization to create
>> > employee engagement is the dramatic version of "Gung Ho" by Ken
>> > Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. Again, it is filmed in sections so
>> > you can pause and discuss. There is also a version that shows the
>> > story, and at the end of each part of the story Blanchard and
>> > Bowles discuss the key concepts from that part. Once again, it is
>> > a great way to encourage discussion, or to spread the video over
>> > several classes due to time issues.
>> >
>> > Traditional, military model - 12 O'clock High (Peck's US Air Force
>> > Colonel) (for which I have some Instructor's Notes...)
>> > Non traditional, institutional model - Brubaker (Redford's
>> > Prison Governor) (ditto re notes)
>> > Non-traditional, military model - Guns at Batasi (specifically,
>> > Attenborough's RSM)
>> > Traditional, military 'harassment' model - An Officer & A
>> > Gentleman (specifically, Lou Gossett Jnr's "I don't believe my
>> > eyes", recruit induction speech) funnier than FMJ
>> > Over-the-top, military 'harassment' model - Full Metal Jacket
>> > and, although I haven't yet seen it, I believe this applies to
>> Jarhead
>> > Humorous take on military model - Stripes (Bill Murray's squad
>> > that teaches themselves the Drill Manual)
>> > Dark side of leadership, leadership dilemma - Wall Street
>> > (Gekko's charismatic 'seduction' of Fox, Fox's astute 'learning'
>> > and climb up the ladder at the stockbroking firm, Blue Star crisis,
>> > consequence, redemption)
>> > Leadership upwards - Dangerous Journey, but you won't be able
>> > to get it - it was a WW2 era training film which I last saw as a
>> > cadet in ?1959?, but there are also elements of this in
>> > Attenborough's RSM role.
>> > Ethical leadership - any of the well-handled product recalls,
>> > e.g., the original Tylenol incident: there is a doco about that on
>> > video. Corporate decision-making in a crisis and its leadership
>> > dimension - Blood on the Carpet BBC TV series, especially the
>> > hostile takeover one
>> >
>> > I found Don Quixote's lessons in Leadership to be a wonderful film
>> > to trigger thoughts on leadership. The film has been put together
>> > by a professor from Stanford University. In fact Stanford
>> > University leadership center seems to have developed other relevant
>> > films too. I also use Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning to
>> > stimulate thinking on personal transformation on the path to
>> > developing leadership.
>> >
>> > 12 angry men from 1957, directed by syd lumet and starring, among
>> > others, henry fonda and lee cobb, which for a long time has been
>> > used to in leadership education to illustrate different leadership
>> > styles and group roles.
>> >
>> >
>> > I would suggest the picture: "master & commander". I think it works
>> > very well (i used it with a target of bank managers), with an
>> > appropriate debriefing.
>> >
>> > Any given sunday - Motivation is all
>> > Matrix - The leader's reality
>> > Elizabeth - Action and image
>> > Nixon - The sacrifice of a responsible leader Life of Brian - The
>> > quest for models The Godfather - An evil decision maker The Bridge
>> > over the river Kwai - The curse of principles
>> >
>> >
>> > I don't think I've seen one of my favorite leadership films here
>> > yet: Babe (the pig, not the Ruth).
>> > I also use "Mutiny on the Bounty" for contrasting styles within the
>> > same situation.
>> >
>> > The leadership provided by Gill in the fish tank in "Finding Nemo"
>> > is as good an example as any.
>> >
>> > I used 12 angry men for many workshops to illustrate the nature of
>> > leadership and conformity
>> >
>> > Shogun by James Clavell. It was a miniseries on ABC many
>> > years ago, but they have created a two hour version. If you get
>> > past the
>> > love story theme in the film, it is a terrific example of different
>> > leadership styles, cultural influences, power, politics, etc.
>> >
>> > My students (graduate) like clips from Office Space. I have also
>> > used 12 O'clock High (two contrasting styles), and would consider
>> > using Crimson Tide. Depending on how far back you want to go, there
>> > are interesting news clips of Admiral Rickover, one of Steve Jobs,
>> > etc. But they are quite dated.
>> >
>> > There is an episode of The West Wing that is sort of a documentary
>> > about leadership quoting US presidential advisors and so forth.
>> > Quite interesting and useful overview. I enjoy films on leadership
>> > including: Gladiator, Master and Commander, Hamburger Hill, MASH,
>> > Eisenhower (TV miniseries), Patton, Lord of the Rings (primarily
>> > Return of the King), All the Kings Men, A Man who would be King,
>> > Gandhi, and most biographies of leaders. I would also suggest
>> > episodes from the Biography Channel, and other programming on PBS,
>> > CNN, ESPN and MSNBC that profile leadership roles and behaviors.
>> > Lots of sports movies about leadership (Hoosiers for example and
>> > more recent
>> > films like Friday Night Lights.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> USA
>
> --
> Ruth H. Axelrod
> The George Washington University
> (H/O) 301-593-4938

Hi Joan,

Just a quick thought in response to your question below:

"Or if, when we think "leader", we still conjure up the image of a "dominant male" (which, perusing the list, may be the case)?"

Seems to me that Jungian theory is quite instructive on this, especially when we look at the concept of archetypes - there is the internalized image of the Hero- Leader- (and He is invariably Male). Where is the space for a female leader then?
I have seen this happen time and again with my students (including the females unfortunately).

In fact as a female sometimes one does feel deeply disempowered by this phenomenon.


Asha Bhandarker
RM Munjal Prof of Leadership Studies,
MDI-Gurgaon
India


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From: Dr. Joan McMahon [mailto:jmcmahon@CNU.EDU]
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Subject: Re: Using films to teach leadership

Hi Mark!

Thank you for forwarding the list!!! Is it possible that only one female
leader is included (Elizabeth), or did I look too fast?

This semester my students analyzed a leader from a movie of their
choice. Several movies with female leaders were included:

Mona Lisa Smile (Katherine Watson, played by Julia Roberts)
Erin Brokavich (played by Julia Roberts)
Wizard of Oz (Dorothy, played by Judy Garland)
The American President (Sydney Ellen Wade, played by Annette Bening)
Legally Blonde (Elle Woods, played by Reese Witherspoon)
A League of Their Own (Dottie Hinson, played by Geena Davis)
Iron-Jawed Angels (an HBO film about women's suffrage, Alice Paul,
played by Hillary Swank)

A former student analyzed Maria from "Sound of Music" in a graduate
leadership class. It is interesting to note that only females analyzed
females, while both males and females analyzed males.

I wonder if the reason for the disparity is that Hollywood just isn't
making as many movies about female leaders as they are about male
leaders (which is likely the case)? Or if, when we think "leader", we
still conjure up the image of a "dominant male" (which, perusing the
list, may be the case)?

Joan

Joan M. McMahon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management
Joseph W. Luter School of Business
Christopher Newport University
1 University Place
Newport News, VA 23606
jmcmahon@cnu.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "M.P.Fenton-OCreevy" <M.P.Fenton-Ocreevy@OPEN.AC.UK>
Date: Friday, May 5, 2006 8:42 am
Subject: Re: Using films to teach leadership

> Thanks to all who contributed suggestions for films relevant to
> teaching leadership. I apologise for taking so long to summarise
> these but people kept sending me suggestions.
>
> Many thanks for these suggestions to:
>
> Kimberly Merriman
> Barbara Bird
> Barry Armandi
> Norah Jones
> Krista Finstad-Milion
> Tracey Messer
> Samir Shrivastava
> Bobbie Turniansky
> John Thornton
> Bengt Kjellén
> Fabrizio Maimone
> C. Gopinath
> Joseph Champoux
> Wolfgang Mayhofer
> Asha Bandarkar
> Rajeev Bali
> Carter Macnamara
> Gary Lear
> Irene de Pater
> Charles-Clemens Ruling
> Jack Huddleston
> Alistair McEwan
>
> Thanks also to those who reminded me of Joe Champoux's work in this
> area
> http://champoux.swlearning.com)
>
> The large number of suggestions is below.
>
> (I know that this will not please Carter, but I have not tried to
> organise them under any taxonomy as I am sure many different
> approaches would be possible)
>
> Mark
>
> Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy
> Director, Centre for Practice Based Professional Learning &
> Professor of Organisational Behaviour
> Open University
> Walton Hall
> Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
> United Kingdom
>
> e-mail: m.p.fenton-ocreevy@open.ac.uk
> (DL) +44 (0)1908-655804
> Fax: +44 (0)1908-655898
> Web : oubs.open.ac.uk
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________
>
> I would strongly recommend Attenborough's 'Gandhi.' It is a bit
> long, but there are some excellent segments in it that illustrate
> leadership.
> One of the best films is 'Twelve O'Clock High' and others are
> 'Apollo 13', 'Wall Street', '12 Angry Men', 'Crimson Tide',
> 'Gandhi', 'Excalibur', and 'The Rise of the Phoenix'
>
> I always thought and have used the movie Gung Ho with Tom Hanks as
> an example of charismatic leadership gone bad (as well as cultural
> implications)
> Here are two of my favorite films which might be quite suitable for
> your purpose because they illustrate some of the reasons of failure
> of formal top-down leadership :-- Ken Loach, The Navigators
> (supervisor team briefing sequence, MD videoconference, ...)
> -- Milos Forman, One flew over the cuckoo's nest (team therapy
> sessions = confrontation formal vs. informal leadership)
>
> I teach Leadership to third year undergraduate students, and do use
> several films.I use The Wave on charismatic leadership (besides
> showing leadership behaviors it shows the dark side of charismatic
> leadership).Animal Farm has great episodes on power and influence.
> So does the Godfather. And, I sometimes use speeches of influential
> leaders (M. L. King, Reagan, Clinton etc.) to show aspects of
> leadership.
>
> On the topic of leadership, there are 2 decent clips from Dave
> (Kevin Kline) - asked to double for the President, we see how Dave
> transforms himself from a manager in one clip to a leader in
> another (the part where he chairs a meeting - everyone thinks he is
> the President - he acts like one accordingly). With these 2 clips,
> I ask the class whether: (1) If there is evidence of "Kaleidoscope"
> thinking?, (2) Is there a basic model of change? and (3) Is
> political support (no pun intended!) developed?
>
> Related (as all these things always are) clips/topics include:
> Ocean's Eleven - Danny Ocean explains the nature of the proposed
> robbery to his team. Questions: Is there any evidence (actual or
> implied) of culture shock in the scenes? What elements of a
> Learning Organisation were seen during the meeting? Were there any
> commercial oversights during the scenes? Is there evidence of Mess
> Management and Action Research?
> The Devil's Advocate - We see Kevin Lomax (Reeves) being "wooed" by
> his prospective employer (Pacino). Questions: Put yourself in
> Kevin's position; carry out a quick SWOT analysis. Looking at
> Porter, which Primary and Secondary aspects did you see? Does this
> behaviour influence your perceptions of organisations (and what may
> be going on in the background)?
> Other "essential films" include: The Godfather (as you might
> expect!) - in fact, perhaps "The Godfather" trilogy is a ready-made
> MBA course? :)
>
>
> While a bit dated, one video that comes to mind is Tom Peters'
> "Leadership Alliance." It is segmented, so it is easy to pause at
> the end of sections to encourage discussion. Another video that I
> use a lot to talk about the role of the leader and the kind of
> culture that needs to be present in an organization to create
> employee engagement is the dramatic version of "Gung Ho" by Ken
> Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles. Again, it is filmed in sections so
> you can pause and discuss. There is also a version that shows the
> story, and at the end of each part of the story Blanchard and
> Bowles discuss the key concepts from that part. Once again, it is
> a great way to encourage discussion, or to spread the video over
> several classes due to time issues.
>
> Traditional, military model - 12 O'clock High (Peck's US Air Force
> Colonel) (for which I have some Instructor's Notes...)
> Non traditional, institutional model - Brubaker (Redford's
> Prison Governor) (ditto re notes)
> Non-traditional, military model - Guns at Batasi (specifically,
> Attenborough's RSM)
> Traditional, military 'harassment' model - An Officer & A
> Gentleman (specifically, Lou Gossett Jnr's "I don't believe my
> eyes", recruit induction speech) funnier than FMJ
> Over-the-top, military 'harassment' model - Full Metal Jacket
> and, although I haven't yet seen it, I believe this applies to Jarhead
> Humorous take on military model - Stripes (Bill Murray's squad
> that teaches themselves the Drill Manual)
> Dark side of leadership, leadership dilemma - Wall Street
> (Gekko's charismatic 'seduction' of Fox, Fox's astute 'learning'
> and climb up the ladder at the stockbroking firm, Blue Star crisis,
> consequence, redemption)
> Leadership upwards - Dangerous Journey, but you won't be able
> to get it - it was a WW2 era training film which I last saw as a
> cadet in ?1959?, but there are also elements of this in
> Attenborough's RSM role.
> Ethical leadership - any of the well-handled product recalls,
> e.g., the original Tylenol incident: there is a doco about that on
> video. Corporate decision-making in a crisis and its leadership
> dimension - Blood on the Carpet BBC TV series, especially the
> hostile takeover one
>
> I found Don Quixote's lessons in Leadership to be a wonderful film
> to trigger thoughts on leadership. The film has been put together
> by a professor from Stanford University. In fact Stanford
> University leadership center seems to have developed other relevant
> films too. I also use Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning to
> stimulate thinking on personal transformation on the path to
> developing leadership.
>
> 12 angry men from 1957, directed by syd lumet and starring, among
> others, henry fonda and lee cobb, which for a long time has been
> used to in leadership education to illustrate different leadership
> styles and group roles.
>
>
> I would suggest the picture: "master & commander". I think it works
> very well (i used it with a target of bank managers), with an
> appropriate debriefing.
>
> Any given sunday - Motivation is all
> Matrix - The leader's reality
> Elizabeth - Action and image
> Nixon - The sacrifice of a responsible leader Life of Brian - The
> quest for models The Godfather - An evil decision maker The Bridge
> over the river Kwai - The curse of principles
>
>
> I don't think I've seen one of my favorite leadership films here
> yet: Babe (the pig, not the Ruth).
> I also use "Mutiny on the Bounty" for contrasting styles within the
> same situation.
>
> The leadership provided by Gill in the fish tank in "Finding Nemo"
> is as good an example as any.
>
> I used 12 angry men for many workshops to illustrate the nature of
> leadership and conformity
>
> Shogun by James Clavell. It was a miniseries on ABC many
> years ago, but they have created a two hour version. If you get
> past the
> love story theme in the film, it is a terrific example of different
> leadership styles, cultural influences, power, politics, etc.
>
> My students (graduate) like clips from Office Space. I have also
> used 12 O'clock High (two contrasting styles), and would consider
> using Crimson Tide. Depending on how far back you want to go, there
> are interesting news clips of Admiral Rickover, one of Steve Jobs,
> etc. But they are quite dated.
>
> There is an episode of The West Wing that is sort of a documentary
> about leadership quoting US presidential advisors and so forth.
> Quite interesting and useful overview. I enjoy films on leadership
> including: Gladiator, Master and Commander, Hamburger Hill, MASH,
> Eisenhower (TV miniseries), Patton, Lord of the Rings (primarily
> Return of the King), All the Kings Men, A Man who would be King,
> Gandhi, and most biographies of leaders. I would also suggest
> episodes from the Biography Channel, and other programming on PBS,
> CNN, ESPN and MSNBC that profile leadership roles and behaviors.
> Lots of sports movies about leadership (Hoosiers for example and
> more recent
> films like Friday Night Lights.
>

I think the last commentator is absolutely right. These views are implicit, deeply ingrained and may not be recognized by the holders of these perceptions.



Recent research at UCE has identified similar stereotypes with words such as “entrepreneur” “scientist” and “innovator” where images seem uniformly to be of a middle aged white male. Differences emerged here with entrepreneurs seen as ruthless, sharp suited with a range of material possessions while innovators were characterised as scientists i.e., irresponsible bespectacled meddlers, either with wild hair or bald. Hollywood has a lot to answer for, perhaps.



A more depressing study last year also asked students and members of other groups to identify 5 names as role models of an entrepreneurs and innovators; 5 business sectors which might also be considered to be entrepreneurial or innovative. Results - All male, mainly US despite this being an international survey with respondents from the UK, China, India, other areas of south east Asia, Interestingly, this was true even when focus groups were held in premises owned by highly successful and dynamic Asian or female entrepreneurs.



Even worse, when parts of the exercise reviewed quotes and results from different sectors and using cases such as Bodyshop and L'Oreal, some delegates really felt that “cosmetics” or the beauty industry should not be included as that "really wasn’t a proper industry", favoring instead auto and aerospace, nano-technologies etc. Hence female industries too do not seem to count, however innovative they may be.



Looks like we may have some work to do yet to change such perceptions. Please, tell me it's better in the USA!



Best wishes



Lynn Martin



Dr L M Martin

Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

UCE, Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 2Su

Untied Kingdom

+44 121 331 7260 / 7248

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In a message dated 5/8/2006 1:49:36 AM Central Standard Time, terence_laoshi@YAHOO.COM.AU writes:


Speaking of predominantly male leadership models, I teach students about stereotyping using a movie still with two business executives at a desk. I ask Ss to nominate who these two people are and what they are speaking about.

Of course, nine times out of ten the man is nominated as the boss or other comparatively more powerful individual. Where the two have equal position status, the male is invariably controlling in the Ss' role play performances.

Of course, students begin the lesson by avowing that they DEFINITELY DO NOT stereotype people.



STEROTYPES ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL. THE THIRD CULTURE BONDING MODEL TCB IS BASED ON THIS POSTULATE (AOM PERSPECTIVES, IN PRESS). MALES AS PREFERRED LEADERS IS A SURFACE-LEVEL PRODUCT OF IGNORANCE THAT IS CORRECTED WITH REAL DEEP-LEVEL EXPERIENCE WE FIND ( DEALING WITH DIVERSITY, 2003, INFO AGE PUBLISHING, GRAEN). THIS IS THE CASE IN EVERY CULTURE THAT WE HAVE STUDIED.

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