Those who have answered the call and stepped up as social leaders.
Individuals who do not hold positional power yet who are able to demonstrate an extraordinary level of leadership based on other qualities, a combination of soft power and influence. Power can often have negative connotations; however, understanding it, acquiring it and using it wisely is an essential leadership competence.
We will Focus on Personal Power, Social Power and Influence, NOT Position Power for this module. To refresh yourself on Power and Influence, click here.
Video: CoVent Challenge Team Profiles // Meet Our Founder
Speaker: Dr. Rich Boyer
Meet our founder! Richard Boyer, MD PhD is an anesthesiology resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital and founder of the CoVent Challenge. He is a full-time physician working in the operating rooms and intensive care units and is spearheading the challenge to create rapidly deployable solutions for the mechanical ventilator crisis. This Challenge attracted more than 200 ventilator designs submissions as 7 teams built working prototypes in the finalist round.
→ “Langer Lab Principles” (Runner of $100K—20 Years MIT Entrepreneurship Competition)
- Sense of purpose and achievement
- Freedom to pursue interests
- Strike Proper balance:
- Curiosity that drives R&D
- Selling “products” with impact
- 4500 applications/year for 10-20 spots for post docs in his lab
- Strong focus on team-players
- Cross-disciplinary approach
- Langer: 48 hr. response time
- Created 400 post-docs now professors
- 14/12 members of Nat’l Academy Eng’g/Medicine, respectively
→ Analysis of 12 Angry Men
Significance: This movie was deemed historically & culturally significant film by Library of Congress and National Film Registry. (Others: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Verdict, A Few Good Men)
This movie is a great display of how a leader can emerge from anywhere, why great leadership is so vital, the power of power, influence and autonomy and the dangers and pitfalls associated with personal and professional bias. Jury #8, Henry Ford, is the main protagonist and is the original juror that originally says NOT GUILTY; Juror #1 is the foreman.
- Juror #8 demonstrates a level of personal leadership through Personal Power, specifically a high level of self-confidence and high emotional intelligence. Not someone who is afraid or concerned about what people think about him. He is going to seek the truth. He understands the use of soft influence tactics. Rational persuasion, appeals to citizenship of people, consulted with other members of the jury. Not trying to force anything. Has a very frontal tone. Does not get flustered and scream.
About the case
FACTS: | ㅤ |
Passing Train | Obscure |
Threat | Only alleged |
Returning to crime scene | Would he really return to the crime scene if he was guilty given the knife was cleaned of prints? |
Witness Story | “Critical Assumption” that juror is infallible. Jurors 5, 6, and 11 eventually join the coalition |
DYNAMICS OF JURY: | ㅤ |
Juror 3 infuriated | Yells “I’ll kill him” at Juror 8 and proves point that, that phrase is commonly uttered but rarely acted upon.
Jurors 2 and 6 join coalition and now there is an even-split jury for guilty/non-guilty verdict; however, the switchblade is PROOF for Juror 3 despite Juror 8 producing an identical knife which was purchased locally and is widely sold. |
Juror 4 doubts defendant’s alibi and is racist | Has the inability to recall details and Juror 8 tests his memory. Juror 4 struggles to recall prior week’s details, but he holds firm regardless. Juror 11 is a naturalized citizen and non-native speaker corrects Juror 4’s English. |
Debate over angle of attack | Boy much shorter than father. It is possible to stab at downward angle, but it would be awkward. Juror 5 who grew up in the “hood” refutes this approach and says stabbing would have occurred at an upward angle. Juror 1, 7, 12 change votes and 3 guilty votes remain. |
Juror 9 questions witness | Coming from bed, unable to put glasses on in time to see assault and makes dubious story. All but Juror 3 changes vote. |
Juror 3 breaks down | Strained relationship w/son surfaces and he rages and proceeds to tear up a family photo. He mutters “Not Guilty” and starts to sob. |