Comments on: Praise Song: Harnessing the Power of Pride at Work http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/2009/05/11/praise-song-harnessing-the-power-of-pride-at-work/ Thoughts and Updates on Positive Organizational Scholarship and Its Implications for Leaders Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:42:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: multiplier effect tourism http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/2009/05/11/praise-song-harnessing-the-power-of-pride-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1106 multiplier effect tourism Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:23:45 +0000 http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/?p=67#comment-1106 This was really interesting to me. I'd never put a lot of thought into the pride aspect, but I definitely see what you're getting at. Having something that you are proud of ignored can really get to you on several different levels which will effect your work. This was really interesting to me. I’d never put a lot of thought into the pride aspect, but I definitely see what you’re getting at. Having something that you are proud of ignored can really get to you on several different levels which will effect your work.

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]]> By: KattyBlackyard http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/2009/05/11/praise-song-harnessing-the-power-of-pride-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-149 KattyBlackyard Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:07:42 +0000 http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/?p=67#comment-149 Hi, interest post. I'll write you later about few questions! Hi, interest post. I’ll write you later about few questions!

]]> By: mathew hayward http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/2009/05/11/praise-song-harnessing-the-power-of-pride-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-129 mathew hayward Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:47:49 +0000 http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/?p=67#comment-129 Monica: My book, Ego Check, has a framework to help leaders elicit authentic pride. It's an approach that asks organizational members to more fully reflect on their motives (e.g. efforts towards meaningful change versus building one's ego); their suitability to act in certain circumstances (e.g. knowing when to step aside and step back); their ability and willingness to act on relevant feedback; and their seriousness to create fall back or safe conditions for workers. A summary can be found at the following: www.changethis.com/33.06.ExecutiveHubris/download In addition, I've been working more specifically in conceptual work and with clients on performance evaluation systems and strategic directions conducive to authentic pride. More on this soon. Monica:

My book, Ego Check, has a framework to help leaders elicit authentic pride. It’s an approach that asks organizational members to more fully reflect on their motives (e.g. efforts towards meaningful change versus building one’s ego); their suitability to act in certain circumstances (e.g. knowing when to step aside and step back); their ability and willingness to act on relevant feedback; and their seriousness to create fall back or safe conditions for workers. A summary can be found at the following:

http://www.changethis.com/33.06.ExecutiveHubris/download

In addition, I’ve been working more specifically in conceptual work and with clients on performance evaluation systems and strategic directions conducive to authentic pride. More on this soon.

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]]> By: Monica Worline http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/2009/05/11/praise-song-harnessing-the-power-of-pride-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Monica Worline Tue, 26 May 2009 04:59:00 +0000 http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/?p=67#comment-69 Mathew, You are right to point out the potential link between pride and hubris - pushed to its extreme pride ceases to be a virtue. Not for nothing does the old saying suggest that "pride goeth before a fall." I wonder if you know specific ways that leaders can cultivate authentic pride while steering away from its more damaging forms? Monica Mathew,
You are right to point out the potential link between pride and hubris – pushed to its extreme pride ceases to be a virtue. Not for nothing does the old saying suggest that “pride goeth before a fall.”

I wonder if you know specific ways that leaders can cultivate authentic pride while steering away from its more damaging forms?
Monica

]]> By: Mathew Hayward http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/2009/05/11/praise-song-harnessing-the-power-of-pride-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Mathew Hayward Mon, 18 May 2009 22:36:37 +0000 http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/?p=67#comment-56 It would be great if we could gain a better understanding of the different dimensions of pride at organizations. Take your setting of health care; and consider, say, Doctors in emergency departments. From recent observation, I've seen them take pride in a very healthy way: Pride in stabilizing very sick patients; pride in mentoring junior Doctors; pride in creating a supportive environment for their teams of nurses and other health professionals. There is a multiplier effect associated with pride, as there is with gratitude: Taking pride in another gives one pride directly and indirectly through the pride experienced by the other which fuels a desire for socially oriented pride. Let's not forget also the dark side of pride also commonly associated with hubris since I've also seen doctors gain pride from perceiving that they are 'better' than their colleagues. The cost is not only to relationships between Doctors and colleagues but also to patients. Leaders have the opportunity to forge pride, but must carefully understand and oversee what UBC psychologist Jessica Tracey calls its healthy or authentic form. It would be great if we could gain a better understanding of the different dimensions of pride at organizations. Take your setting of health care; and consider, say, Doctors in emergency departments. From recent observation, I’ve seen them take pride in a very healthy way: Pride in stabilizing very sick patients; pride in mentoring junior Doctors; pride in creating a supportive environment for their teams of nurses and other health professionals. There is a multiplier effect associated with pride, as there is with gratitude: Taking pride in another gives one pride directly and indirectly through the pride experienced by the other which fuels a desire for socially oriented pride. Let’s not forget also the dark side of pride also commonly associated with hubris since I’ve also seen doctors gain pride from perceiving that they are ‘better’ than their colleagues. The cost is not only to relationships between Doctors and colleagues but also to patients. Leaders have the opportunity to forge pride, but must carefully understand and oversee what UBC psychologist Jessica Tracey calls its healthy or authentic form.

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