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Between the Sheets at the Internal Revenue Service: Using Art to Promote Leadership
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The time is September 1999. Imagine a group of 28 new front-line managers most of whom have never met before kneeling on the floor of a classroom drawing their picture (absolutely no organization charts allowed!) of their company on a white queen-sized bed sheet. Imagine they have three hours to complete their masterpiece and make a presentat...
The time is September 1999. Imagine a group of 28 new front-line managers most of whom have never met before kneeling on the floor of a classroom drawing their picture (absolutely no organization charts allowed!) of their company on a white queen-sized bed sheet. Imagine they have three hours to complete their masterpiece and make a presentat...
Fri Oct 01 2004
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The time is September 1999. Imagine a group of 28 new front-line managers - most of whom have never met before - kneeling on the floor of a classroom drawing their "picture" (absolutely no organization charts allowed!) of their company on a white queen-sized bed sheet. Imagine they have three hours to complete their masterpiece and make a presentation to senior managers, explaining what their "picture" means. Imagine this experiential exercise repeated 200 times over the past six years. Imagine that the company is the Internal Revenue Service!
The time is September 1999. Imagine a group of 28 new front-line managers - most of whom have never met before - kneeling on the floor of a classroom drawing their "picture" (absolutely no organization charts allowed!) of their company on a white queen-sized bed sheet. Imagine they have three hours to complete their masterpiece and make a presentation to senior managers, explaining what their "picture" means. Imagine this experiential exercise repeated 200 times over the past six years. Imagine that the company is the Internal Revenue Service!