Leadership Lessons from The Wizard of Oz
Guest Blog post by Kevin Fickenscher Author-Toto’s Reflections: The Leadership Lessons from The Wizard of Oz Stories are a very powerful source of metaphors for commentary on life. Leadership represents an area where there is a plethora of material – some useful and much forgotten – with too few stories. The confluence of a story that is beloved by all and filled with poignant observations on leadership lessons from which we could all benefit is embodied in The Wizard of Oz. In particular, I've always been struck by the power of little Toto who – aside from Dorothy – is the only other character in the story who is literally present throughout the entire journey from beginning to end. More importantly, he was an observer. He listened. He allowed – even encouraged – those around him to be active leaders at various points in the story. Toto exemplified the very best in leadership. In fact, he was a lead...