Leadership: Learning from Arts and Literature

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Leadership Learning from Arts and Literature

• RADM Scott Deitchman, MD MPH

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Why Study Leadership in Arts and Literature?

• Available
• Novels
• History
• Films
• Accessible
• Low cost
• No travel
• On your own time
• Entertaining!

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What to Look For?

• What is the challenge or crisis?
• Who is the leader?
• How does the leader resolve the challenge?
• What is the general lesson I can apply?
• Look beyond war movies!

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1 Band of Brothers

• 2001, HBO Home Video
• Based on book by Stephen Ambrose
• True story
• E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne
• Episode 8, The Last Patrol
• Hagenau, Germany

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Band of Brothers
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2 - Leadership vs. ManagementDifferences
Between What Leaders and Managers Do
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Management
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Leadership
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3 Apollo 13

• 1995, Universal Studios
• Adapted from true story of Apollo 13, Jim
  Lovells Lost Moon
• Apollo 13
• James Lovell, John Swigart, Fred Haise
• Intended 3rd lunar landing
• April 13, 1970 explosion
• 200,000 miles from Earth

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Apollo 13 scene 1
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Apollo 13 scene 2
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4- The Caine Mutiny

• Novel by Herman Wouk, 1951
• Pulitzer prize for fiction, 1952
• Film, 1954
• Lesson followership

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5 Henry V, the King

• Henry V (1386-1422)
• King of England, 1413-1422
• 1415 campaign in France
• Friday, 25 Oct 1415 (St. Crispins Day)
• Battle of Agincourt
• 6,000 - 9,000 English
• 12,000 - 36,000 French

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Henry V the Play

• Henry V Shakespeare, 1599
• Film versions
• 1944, Laurence Olivier
• 1989 Kenneth Branagh

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Henry V
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Thanks!

• Questions?