Keeping your team in concert

Mike Hyatt has 8 things he’s learned about leadership from attending a Nashville Symphony Orchestra concert and observing the conductor.

Among his thoughts are:

Start with a great score. Conductors have a plan, starting with a score and a clear idea of how it should sound.  Only then do they attempt to recreate in real time their musical  ‘vision.’

Recruit the best talent. Great conductors attract great players; mediocre conductors attract mediocre players.  The best want to work for the best – like attracts like.

The conductor is purposely visible to be seen by everybody. He stands on a platform so that every member of the orchestra can see him.  This is the only way they all stay together, starting and stopping at the appropriate time.

More from Hyatt’s blog here.

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