Table 1 - Relation of XYZ box to SEPTET. Click for paper: 7 Principles of Septet Leadership; Intro to Model; Chap 1
| Click for BOX | 7 Elements of SEPTET | In the box TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP | Out of the box THEATRE OF LEADERSHIP |
| 1, 2, 3 are Box Dimensions: XYZ | 1. Plots | Behavior X dimension (transaction/transformation) | Leader behaviors negotiate multiple plots of many factions |
| 2. Themes of Power | Power
Y
dimension (will to serve/ will to power) |
Themes of oppression are resisted by themes of liberation | |
| 3. Dialogs | Participation Z dimension (1 voice to voices of others, even the voiceless) | Dialogues occur simultaneously in different rooms of TAMARA & leader can invite 4 voices to participate More... | |
| 4 & 5 are suspended Inside XYZ
Box |
4.Characters to find | Traits (e.g. Myers & Briggs) | Leader assembles cast of characters, and focus on training new traits, while old habit traits reemerge |
| 5. Frames to organize | Organizing |
Bureaucratic frame is opposed by Complexity, Quest, & Postmodern frames | |
| 6 & 7 are Situation aspects | 6. Rhythms of Time | Situation
(time) |
Leader changes rhythm from the status quo, but the new rhythms keep falling into emergent patterns |
| 7.Spectacles of Place | Situation (place) e.g. Globalization & Localization | The Leader integrates the spectacles, diffuses them on the global stage, integrates them across the world, & sometimes there are megaspectacles called scandals. | |