Download or read book Using an Art Technique to Facilitate Leadership Development written by Cheryl De Ciantis and published by Center for Creative Leadership. This book was released on 1995 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes a training technique in which an art activity called a touchstone exercise serves as the basis of an action-oriented leadership development program. Part 1 describes the context in which the touchstone exercise was developed and details the process of setting the stage for and conducting it. Two case studies illustrating the exercise's use and participants' response to it are included. Discussed in part 2 are the following topics: effectiveness of the touchstone exercise as demonstrated by the LeaderLab Impact Study, changes in the touchstone exercise over time, common themes in touchstone representations, touchstone lessons used on the job, the touchstone exercise as a story, and resistance to artistic activities. Part 3 focuses on the use of nontraditional classrooms and includes sections on the following: roles of the artist, emotions, and program configuration in the effectiveness of nontraditional components; transferability; and art and leadership. Appendixes constituting approximately 50% of this book contain the following: detailed description of the LeaderLab program's content and structure, steps in conducting the touchstone exercise, sample touchstone stories from one group, and sample artistic methods used in organizations. Contains 22 references. (MN)