On Monday morning women from 9 different nations connected in an online Conversation Safari to explore the question… Are you being manipulated?
During that discussion, we talked about different kinds of manipulation.
- Unintentional manipulation – like a guilt trip to get someone to do what you want him or her to do.
- Intentional manipulation – when someone intentionally distorts facts for personal gain.
- Intentional AND strategic manipulation – when someone strategically distorts facts, and creates disruption to accomplish a specific goal.
Most people on the call believe that intentional AND strategic manipulation happens more often than we realize.
A few days later I stumbled into a real life example of their point.
Real leaders know that they can’t fight every battle.
But their values are crystal clear long before they are faced with critical decisions. So when a situation demands it they don’t hide, cower or flock…
This post honors the stands of a REAL LEADER that spent several years working overseas.
- Offered solutions: By reminding peers and executives that they could SIGNIFICANTLY decrease expenses, and increase efficiency, effectiveness, customer retention and revenue by holding people accountable to policies that were already in place.
- Spoke the hard truth: By pointing to the root cause of issues instead of agreeing with popular thinking that only treated symptoms.
- Maximized the resources he had: By playing to his strengths and the strengths of his team and leveraging old assets he kept expensive and critical operations running for nearly an entire year without a budget.
Real leaders know that they can’t fight every battle.
But their values are crystal clear long before they are faced with critical decisions.
So when a situation demands it they don’t hide, cower or flock…
Against: Wasting time and resources
For: Efficiency, effectiveness and growth
Against: Treating humans like disposable toothpaste tubes
For: People
Against: Manipulators that seek to serve themselves
For: Truth
Those who to stand, risk being:
- Misunderstood
- Judged
- Ignored
- Replaced
But their commitment to a greater good drives them to lead in an uncommon way.
They are the leaders that inspire generations.
Real leaders are like eagles, they don’t flock… You find them one at a time.
It takes courage to learn from people who think differently. (more…)
[Tweet “”Together You Stand, Divided You Fall””]
…You’ve heard it before, maybe a million times. But does it apply to life outside of a battlefield?
I believe it has deep lessons for our world, as dividers often use this truth to gain power and keep control.
- In families.
- In workplaces.
- And in nations.
If truth is important to you.
If people are important to you.
If the health of your family, workplace, nation and our world is important to you…
You absolutely must know the importance of this truth.
And you must be able to identify and shine a light on those that seek to divide and destroy.
Need help dealing with a manipulator? (Also Known As – A Divider) …Follow the link to this post.
I’m curious, have you pondered the importance of those words before? PLEASE Share!
“Together You Stand, Divided You Fall.”
