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Discussion Membership
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LeadershipLeadership involves helping people phrase their concerns clearly and compellingly, then putting those people in charge of weaving those concerns into shared goals. It encourages the collective wisdom to find the best concepts, to recognize why poorer ones aren't effective, and to contribute to the community understanding of why. The best leaders can go into any group unafraid, because they are not wedded to their own ideas, but to sound ideas and continuous improvement. The best leaders don't talk about leadership. They practice it. A recent politician we know is never a welcome guest because for whatever he might contribute, he undermines it all by alienating and offending just those he ought to convince. For him, a discussion is something to win, which confuses coming to understanding with a World Wrestling Federation-type victory. In wrestling entertainment, victory means trashing the opposition, shouting them down, and clearing the ring by any means necessary. That's not leadership. Our job on the editorial page is to encourage leadership and, if necessary, to point out the characteristics of its absence. [Macro error: Can’t call the script because the name “commentIt” hasn’t been defined.] [Macro error: Can’t call the script because the name “commentIt” hasn’t been defined.]
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