Leadership Tag
I have been tagged by John at The Leadership Epidemic , in a MEME asking Does Today’s Leadership Suck? John has also tagged everyone included in The Personal Development List.
I don’t feel focusing my attention on such a negative thought would be wise. As of course, I have mentioned many times that I believe in The Law of Attraction. The law of attraction simply being that you get what you think about. I don’t want leadership to suck therefore, I am joining with Donna Karlin who has posted Leadership: Acknowledging Leaders.
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September 7th, 2007 @ 5:24 pm
Priscilla
I think you can do better than that.
The challenge is not intended to encourage people to stand hidden in a crowd casting dispersions on others in leadership positions. In fact, none of the posts that people have written has taken that track.
Rather, this is a challenge to recognize “our” shortfalls as leaders so that we, each of us, might improve the lives of those who suffer under our leadership foibles.
Saying I would rather see recognize great leaders misses the point.
Take care…
JWM
September 7th, 2007 @ 6:24 pm
I am currently working on another leadership post, you may enjoy better than this. It was the specific question of does it “suck”, that I have a hard time with.
I will let you know when it is complete if you feel that it is acceptable for your tag, I will link it to your site. It will not be specifically addressing the question of does leadership suck, but instead will focus on tips to improve todays leadership instead.
September 7th, 2007 @ 11:24 pm
Priscilla
Good deal. I’m glad you decided to take the challenge. My goal is to create a conversation, not force people to stick to my question. Face-to-face conversations rarely stick to one question. In other words, you should answer the challenge brings to mind.
By the way, have you tagged your favorite bloggers to take the challenge?
Take care…
JWM
September 8th, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
Hi, Priscilla,
I responded to John’s comment on his site. I wrote:
John,
On Priscilla Palmer’s blog you wrote:
“Priscilla
I think you can do better than that.
The challenge is not intended to encourage people to stand hidden in a crowd casting dispersions on others in leadership positions. In fact, none of the posts that people have written has taken that track.
Rather, this is a challenge to recognize “our” shortfalls as leaders so that we, each of us, might improve the lives of those who suffer under our leadership foibles.
Saying I would rather see recognize great leaders misses the point.”
I think the problem is the way you worded your title. Why not just ask something like “How Can We Improve as Leaders?”
Okay, you might want something more attention-getting than that, but I think Priscilla is on the right track, focus on what we want, not on what we don’t want. Yes, we need to be clear-sighted, and starting off in such a negative frame of mind is not the best way to do it.
BTW, people cast aspersions, not dispersions, on others.
That said, I’m one of the people who initially felt your invitation felt a bit like spam. It didn’t seem to fit with what my site is about, but I’m glad I didn’t go with that first reaction. You have generated a great conversation. I’ll respond to it Monday in my weekly post at Cheerful Monk.
September 8th, 2007 @ 12:51 pm
Jean Browman-
Thank you for responding. I believe you may have explained my reaction even better than I did. You are quite correct.