The term Management Theory

The topic of discussion in the video is leadership and taking the initial step. It implies that a leader must have the bravery to be the first to act, even if it appears completely ludicrous to the rest of the audience.

The dancer in the video does simple steps, demonstrating that what a leader chooses must be simple and easy to follow. When a leader begins with simplicity and constancy, the first follower will arrive. This follower signals to the others that the leader is worthwhile of pursuing. The latter focuses solely on the new follower and regards him or her as an equal. It is also noticed that the leader keeps calling the rest of the crowd to join. With time, more persons are engaged. Joining of more people reduces the risks to minimum levels (Antonakis, Cianciolo, & Sternberg, 2004).

In process management, the lesson can be applied in various ways. First, for effective administration, the leader has to set the pace, meaning taking the first step towards implementing policies. For the first-time policies, it may seem irrelevant at the beginning. However, when the first worker joins the implementation, more employees will follow this example (Sivers, 2010). With time, people who do not join will feel abandoned, and this will contribute to a successful implementation strategy.

What surprised me from the video is that at the beginning, the lone dancer does not feel left out. Even though the crowd watches him moving, he does not feel shy or intimidated, as most of us would. He just keeps dancing without worrying about what others think of him and his performance.

References

Antonakis, J., Cianciolo, A. T., & Sternberg, R. J. (2004). Leadership: Past, present, and future. The Nature of Leadership, 3-15.

Sivers, D. (2010). How to start a movement. TED Talks [Video file]. YouTube. Retrieved form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXMnDG3QzxE.