A large part of the beauty of the experience the orchestra is that it allows participants to really feel the difference that leaders can make.  It is one thing to tell executives that they have to be a step ahead of those they lead, or that micromanaging strangles motivation and creativity.  But it is immensely more powerful to show them, and indeed allow them to hear, the disappointing product of the reactive leader or the micromanager.  It also matters that the leadership lessons are offered in the context of the gorgeous music, and the gracious facilitation.  It is a session that brings out the best in everyone, as both leaders and learners...
        
      
                Paul Ingram              
                            
          Kravis Professor of Business        
                                        
          Columbia Business School