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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are Attacking Each Other – Is this Leadership?
Hillary and Donald
Is either one appearing presidential?
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I’m Hugh Ballou, an entrepreneur. This post is about Politicians…Leaders or Not?
On Thursdays, I’ll often launch a topic for discussion, dialogue, debate, and introspective conversation. In group facilitation situations, I ask the participants to reframe disagreement from the category of a “weapon” to the category of a “creative tool.” This change in paradigm allows for very lively and productive discussions to happen. It takes away the risk of feeling like participants are criticizing each other and allows them to be free to point to ideas and concepts without having to pretend to be polite or pretend to agree. We have been conditioned to feel that disagreement is not polite. In fact, disagreement is a way to be in integrity.
We find that it’s okay to disagree. Many times we find new ideas, fresh perspectives, and opposite polarities that make sense. Healthy dialogue does not depend on everybody agreeing; in fact, if everybody agrees, it’s a boring discussion, and we might get trapped by not exposing blind spots that could limit our effectiveness as leaders and as an organization.
In that spirit, I offer a chance for dialogue on topics related to leadership. I will choose topics that have high visibility in the news or in certain communities of interest, such as business, entrepreneurship, religion, and social benefit work. I welcome suggestions for other topics. I’m sure that there are many, many to choose from.
Will you contribute your ideas? Please comment using the form below.
Today’s topic:
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are Attacking Each Other – Is this Leadership?
Hillary and Donald
They are leading in the polls for presidential contenders. They are defining themselves by criticizing others and creating anxiety in the marketplace for president…yes, it’s a market where the candidates are selling themselves. Looking at their behavior through a leadership lens, would you even consider voting for either one?
Questions to answer:
- Is either showing effective leadership principles? Why or why not?
- Are they getting traction because people are voting in the polls for them, or are people voting with their emotions?
- Is there a message here that people want to hear from their next president? How is that message showing effective leadership?
- Is either a leader or a bully?
- Is either appearing “Presidential”?
Please comment below.
Hugh Ballou
The Transformational Leadership Strategist TM
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