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Originally Posted by Iksander  I edit my post, I feel you very aptly described what I have been asserting, madgeylou.
"about having a vision, sharing that vision, and inspiring other people to help make it reality."
I still can see that as being dominant though... It depends on how you define the words we are using. |
what i'm describing is actually the opposite of dominance. it's inclusive, it's collaborative, it's symbiotic, like nature itself is.
someone has to be the "leader", sure, but the leader is no more important to the functioning of the team than the accountant is, or the sewage treatment worker for that matter. everyone has a critical role to play.
and, as the very cool quiz linked to earlier in this thread suggests, there are different kinds of leaders. some are visionaries, some are implementers -- really all roles need to be filled for a project to be successful.
good, effective leaders realize this. bad ones dominate.
from the american heritage dictionary:
"dom·i·na·tion
n.
Control or power over another or others.
The exercise of such control or power."
not what leadership is about, unless you favor totalitarianism.