Teaching Reframing – Lee Bolman

Teaching & Reframing

Innovative approaches to leadership education and organizational development through the lens of multiple frames.

Terry and I do a video introduction to the 4-Frame model.

Online Frames Self-Rating Instrument

Our quick self-rating Leadership Orientations survey in an on-line version. It’s free and you can get immediate feedback on frame preferences. Click here to access the instrument. (If the instrument is not working, please send me a note: lee@bolman.com.) A downloadable pdf version of the instrument is available here.

Reframing Instructors’ Guides and Resources

Instructors can obtain Instructors’ Guides and other teaching materials from Wiley: Click for 8th edition instructors’ site.

Activities a nd Simulations

Guidelines and instructions for Organization Simulation, Power Simulation, etc.

Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada

Films for Teaching about Leadership and Organizations

Film is a powerful vehicle for teaching about leadership and organizations, and there are new possibilities every year. Click here for links to lists of films about business or leadership, and some of my own recommendations.

Teaching Cases

This collection includes a one-page case on Colonel Joshua Chamberlain’s leadership challenge in the run-up to the battle of Gettysburg, a case set in the private sector, and several cases set in higher education or schools.

Reframing Teaching Materials

Links to a frames-based team diagnostic instrument and accompanying Powerpoint slides; guidelines for writing a personal case; guidelines for an organizational field study.

Articles on Teaching the Frames

The link takes you to a list of published articles related to teaching with the frames.

Terry, the Reframing Chatbot

A cheerful chatbot that’s happy to talk to you and answer questions about the frames. Terry is thoughtful and articulate, but like some people you may know, sometimes says things that aren’t so.