Leadership and Followership: What Tango Teaches Us About These Roles in Life

http://www.courageousfollower.net. Author Ira Chaleff has produced a gorgeous video on Leading and Following in Tango. Utilizing the wisdom and grace of one of the best Tango instructors in the United States, we get new insights into how the partner in the follower role can bring out the creativity of the partner in the leader role. We also witness how poor following in its various forms can undermine the leader and undo the partnership. Chaleff, who has been recognized in the Harvard Business Review as one of the three pioneers in the emerging field of followership, has teamed with Sharna Fabiano, founder of Tangomercurio and the Tango Mercurio Community Orchestra in Washington, DC http://www.tangomercurio.org to produce a unique and aesthetically charming video. In between each dance sequence Sharna and her partner Isaac Oboka dialogue about what Isaac as the leader experienced when Sharna demonstrates a variety of poor following. Their unrehearsed banter is delightful and instructive. In the final sequence, Sharna demonstrates how a strong follower can steady a leader who has lost balance -- something leaders in every sphere of life need at one time or another. Kevin Good http://www.crisislab.com as director, videographer and editor, has created a visually stunning experience that will surprise and delight YouTube viewers.

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[luthergan]

Innovative, amazing and very practical in using dance as for illustration of leadership and followership.

[livingtango]

Thank you so much for making this video and not just throwing concepts around :-) Very helpful!

[EPKAdrian]

Excellent video. Thank you!



[dacusp1]

great. informative, yet thoroughly entertaining. hv experienced all of the above : ) thanks for sharing...

[marcospalabra]

The delay that you demonstrate with the passive rol feminino is excellent. It reminded me of the delay that cathedral organist has as he/she plays. I also love you two playfully talking about roles. Wonderful. Here's the video I used in my blog that you inspired: Google "tango-beat Cathedral Organ Tangueras"

[marcospalabra]

Artfully done. I will share this! I avoid the "military analogy" of leader/follower, but I think you really caught the spirit of both being active. I am in a job that has me surrounded by female colleagues. In tango I am fully in my male energy, and I know women surrounded by men and they love tango because they feel fully in their feminine energy. Yin and Yang / male and female energies is the way I explain it. What a great video! Google "tango-beat Mark Word" to see this video in my blog.

[mortaldimitri126]

Great metaphor, Ira. I'll certainly be sharing this video and using it in my training! Thank you for sharing.

[moneyharmony]

fabulous... as a ballroom dancer, and someone who has interviewed Ira Chaleff for Investment Advisor, I loved this on every level - intellectually, in my gut, and in my dancer soul! Olivia Mellan

[jimdale345]

a very interesting and thought provoking video, ira.  you have really opened opened my eyes to the power of strong followership!

[fosterwebmarketing]

Ira, the video looks great!