This past week, there was an opinion piece about US Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. It was an extremely biting piece about his leadership style. I don’t know much about him and have no idea how true that opinion piece may be. It is an opinion piece so I suppose “how true” it is may be a wrong question to ask. I don’t dive into politics publicly as I strive to work with all sides.
The opinion piece, however, did get me thinking about leadership styles and management. I often think about that. It’s what I do. In the past I’ve helped organizations across the country develop organizational leadership. I have talked quite often about the Peter Principle where essentially someone is promoted to the point of their incompetence. It happens quite often. And, sometimes you can feel sorry for said individual and other times not so much because of hubris and lack of humility.
Sometimes people really just want the promotion because they just want the title and supposed corresponding power. Yet, they may not care for the actual work. Of course, there are a number of reasons to want a promotion with increased salary being a primary reason for many. I think we can all understand that motivation.
However, if more salary or power are the driving force behind wanting a promotion you may be setting yourself up for failure. You may be promoting yourself into incompetence. I am not saying that is the motivation behind the campaigns of presidential candidates. But the opinion piece got me thinking about this at the ground and every day life level. We need to be honest with ourselves, as best we can, when thinking we want something more.
Categories: Culture, current events, identity, Leadership, Management, Psychology, society
It’s Funny and Sad
People LooKinG For
Power Status And
Every other Reward
Externally
Never
Stop
LooKinG
Never Truly
Finding It iMaGine
Always Being All
No different than
A
DraGon
Fly who Flies..
But of course that includes
No God of Stuff just Wings
Air
And
FLiGHT
Yes there
Are ZEN CEO’s
Playing their Flutes
this way too for the
Flow of Complexity…
SMiLes.. obviously
Obama was
Rare
A Zen
Politician
Remarkable
Truly still Enigma..
Yes there are Zen
Devil’s too i
Understand
They
Come
In Orange
And Chaos too…
Black Chaos Magic…
You don’t learn that
In School IT Blind
Sides ‘Graduates’…
Look around do you
see it… If You are raised
as A ‘Street
Fighter’
likely yes..:)
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It is sad those who seek power just for powers sake. Oh my! 🙂
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Sadly Folks Who Seek
or Work to Retain Power
Will Sacrifice All Integrity
If They Ever See It At All..:)
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Ain’t that the truth!?!
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Yes in deed..:)
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You run into people in all walks of life who have worked hard to position themselves for something that they in fact aren’t very good at. Probably particularly true of politicians because their real skill is in getting themselves elected, not doing the job they were elected to do.
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So, so true.
Have a wonderful day
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