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In mid-February I launce a series of discussions regarding conflict resolution. As I conclude this series it dawned on me to provide a summary in one email/blog that would tie the series together for easy reference.
Here are the topics and corresponding links:
Conflict between people in our cities, states, and nation seems to be escalating. Polarizing Facebook posts, aggressive exchanges on Twitter, heated exchanged on between prognosticators on cable news programs, increasing lack of regard for law and law enforcement personnel – are either on the rise or else the media has simply focused more attention on such matters.
It is my unshakable perspective that when we are called to lead a team we are primarily responsible to serve those who are participating on the team. And although there are numerous facets implied by this perspective, one of the root elements is to maintain a constant belief in each member of the team.
Over the past couple of months, I have focused on the proposition that when it comes to leading people, one of the hardest things to do is to lead people.
I have affirmed that there are no simple “quick-fix” answers, despite the many “how I did it in five easy steps” books available online and at the many flashy kiosks in every airport departure area, world-wide.
Over the past number of weeks, I have commented that one of the hardest things to do is to lead the people we serve. Many authors have devised simple “marketing” approaches that I believe have more to do with their promotional appeal than with the real world of leadership. Yet as we all realize, in actual practice leadership is not that simple; quick-fix proposals don’t fit into the demands of real-life experience.
In previous weeks, I have commented that one of the hardest things to do is to lead the people we serve. Many authors have devised “simple” approaches that I believe have more to do with their promotional appeal than with the real world of leadership. By contrast, in actual practice, we quickly realize that providing direction does not prove quite so simple; quick-fix proposals don’t fit into the demands of real-life experience.
Through previous Blogs, I have explored the assertion that one of the hardest things to do is to lead the people we serve. Many “lists” of purported “easy” strategies appear regularly online. Yet we quickly realize that actual leadership does not prove that easy; quick fix approaches don’t fit into the rubric of real leadership experience.
Through previous Blogs, I have explored the assertion that one of the hardest things to do is to lead the people we serve.
Through previous Blogs, I have explored the assertion that one of the hardest things to do is to lead the people we serve (read part 1 here, part 2 here and part three here).
