autumn

autumn
spearfish creek - south dakota

21 October 2004

group politics

from the time a person is able to realize other--they are aware of being part of or not part of. some of us create are group, some rush in, others are blocked out. when you have an artifical groups which are to act a unit--how do reconcile those old guard default leaders with the new positional leader? i used to think the smartest and most knowledgeable would be naturally followed. in time i learned knowledge and smarts are not the most important--there is that elusive social skill that allows you to mould people into a team. can it be learned? not sure.
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Unknown said...

this reminds me of a dilbert posted on an office door around here. it basically says the most incompetent people get moved to where they can do the least damage, management. it seems that frequently the people who lead are the ones who are the worst at actually doing the things themselves. (this is not always true, just frequently.) so i wonder if part of leadership is the inability to see things practically. and i think that can be learned, although for more problematically for some than others.

4:44 PM
Unknown said...

sometimes i think that life is too much like dilbert. i saw a cartoon on a door around here that said that the dumbest get moved to positions where they can do the least damage-management. perhaps the in-ability to see or the ability to ignore the full picture makes someone a good leader, tragically. and that can be learned. you just have to add enough personal presence to be loved or admired then.

1:50 PM
k2h said...

Social skill is most definatly a SKILL. I think it can be learned. one example of this is etiquite [sp?]. this can be learned. it is one suggestion for proper public methods. I don't think this exists anymore, I Just use it as an example.

in the same sense, social skills can be learned. people that are natural leaders have more attempts to hone this skill and their failure is hidden in the early depths of childhood instead of the visible spectrum of adulthood.

people that are NOT leaders even when given attempts to hone their social skills usually pass up the opportuinity because they are to intravert. social skill takes a certain boldness.. and last of not least TIMELINESS.

you see, once you are in a group you have a very limited time to prove your social skill. if others learn you have none, then you have lost all oportunity to prove you ever will. one of my coworkers transfered jobs because he screwed up his social skill. he had plenty, but he wasn't very timele with it.

so.. to hone a social skill
BE CONFIDENT
BE BOLD
BE COCKY
BE FAST [don't wait for them to learn otherwise]
BE FUN [everyone likes to be around someone fun]

ok.. my 2 cents. I'm at tims a social failure so they may not all be good tips.

11:50 PM

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