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I normally endeavor to stay away from political discussions, truly believing that people have an inalienable right to their own opinions and beliefs (also understanding that most people cannot talk about politics without the discussion devolving into outright hostility and mean-spiritedness), but our upcoming Presidential election offers so much good fodder I just cannot leave it untouched any longer. On the heels of the disgusting tragedy in Aurora, CO there have been a plethora of interesting discussions about gun control; right and left divided - once again; each side believing that their arguments are without a doubt the most logical and valid. But what the sides seem unable to recognize is that they are both right, and wrong. Both arguments, as is usually the case, hold keys to what could be a solution that works in the best interest of all the people.

Now, I highlight the word 'interest' because it is important to understand that the outcome of an argument is either based on standing firm on one side of a line, taking a position, and wanting to be right or it is about looking beyond one's own position in order to find a resolution that is in the best interest of whatever or whomever. Unfortunately, we are a decidedly position-based society which means none, and I mean none, of the people will get what is in their best interest regardless of what it may seem. A test of leadership is whether the leader can put aside his or her personal feelings, attachments, biases, beliefs, etc. in order to do what is in the best interest of the organization, the team, or the people. Here is a quote from Abraham Lincoln that explains very well the dilemma of leadership:      

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You feed your dog, you water your plants, and you fertilize the ground underneath your flowerbed. You do it as a pre-understood responsibility that comes with the price of ownership. Why? So they will remain alive and healthy, and so they will blossom and grow into whatever they are promised to grow into. But, yet, as a leader you are content to watch the people whom are left in your charge languish day after day without opportunities to learn and grow, to improve and flourish, and then - and THEN - you complain when they are not able, or are unwilling, to carry out the tasks you seem to believe are so important to the goals, growth, and bottom line of the team and organization. As a society, we have been conditioned to believe that our daily rite of passage is to go through life trying to get more for less. But getting more for less is not a rite of passage that jibes well when you are charged with leading the people on your team or in an organization.

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There's a huge misconception flying around organizations that threatens to undermine real and lasting change. It's the idea that if you just do something different things will change for the better. And it's no wonder; we are a nation of doers. We get praised for what we are able to do, and that doing mentality filters right on down to our organizations and teams. As a leader, who needs quick results, you want the quickest fix. So you bring in someone to teach people your how to do things differently, how to use technology to be more productive, how to lead and communicate differently, how to manage conflict differently. But it doesn't work, why? Because all you've really succeeded at doing is giving the same old people some different skills, which fit them just about as comfortably as a glove fits a duck.

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