Comments on: Learning as Leadership http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/2009/10/08/learning-as-leadership/ Thoughts and Updates on Positive Organizational Scholarship and Its Implications for Leaders Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:47:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kaneka 60 amorphosu pv panels http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/2009/10/08/learning-as-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 kaneka 60 amorphosu pv panels Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:38:27 +0000 http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/?p=304#comment-1011 <strong>kaneka 60 amorphosu pv panels...</strong> By Ryan W. QuinnI saw an example of extraordinary leadership this week but it was such a subtle exam [...]... kaneka 60 amorphosu pv panels…

By Ryan W. QuinnI saw an example of extraordinary leadership this week but it was such a subtle exam [...]…

]]> By: Ryan Quinn, Monica Worline, Robert Quinn http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/2009/10/08/learning-as-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-944 Ryan Quinn, Monica Worline, Robert Quinn Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:14:03 +0000 http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/?p=304#comment-944 Thanks to both of you for these very thoughtful (meaning both "kind" and "full of good thoughts") comments! Thanks to both of you for these very thoughtful (meaning both “kind” and “full of good thoughts”) comments!

]]> By: Shayne http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/2009/10/08/learning-as-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-943 Shayne Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:32:57 +0000 http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/?p=304#comment-943 This is a beautifully simple example of something that, as you say, is very rare and very difficult for our ego. I like the title of your posting. It's actually the name of the company that I work for, and we are very focused on creating just what you describe: the emotional safety to be vulnerable (admitting that we're wrong, have failed, don't know, need help, etc). Intellectually, we all agree it is a good to be open minded and bad to try to be right all the time, but as Argyris so eloquently described, this gap between our espoused theory and our theory in use is often far larger than we realize. Our angle on this is through our ego, which we define as a preoccupation with our own self-worth. It is threatening for us be wrong or imperfect or less than others because we perceive it as diminishing our value. Retraining ourselves to desire learning and growth more than competence and acknowledgment is a difficult task, but it does open us to the true potential we possess as humans -- not only for higher performance (thru learning instead of defending), but for human connection (as your applauding students demonstrated. Thanks for you post -- we need far more research and dialogue about the willingness to confront incompetence and failure in a healthy fashion. Best regards, Shayne Hughes This is a beautifully simple example of something that, as you say, is very rare and very difficult for our ego. I like the title of your posting. It’s actually the name of the company that I work for, and we are very focused on creating just what you describe: the emotional safety to be vulnerable (admitting that we’re wrong, have failed, don’t know, need help, etc). Intellectually, we all agree it is a good to be open minded and bad to try to be right all the time, but as Argyris so eloquently described, this gap between our espoused theory and our theory in use is often far larger than we realize.

Our angle on this is through our ego, which we define as a preoccupation with our own self-worth. It is threatening for us be wrong or imperfect or less than others because we perceive it as diminishing our value. Retraining ourselves to desire learning and growth more than competence and acknowledgment is a difficult task, but it does open us to the true potential we possess as humans — not only for higher performance (thru learning instead of defending), but for human connection (as your applauding students demonstrated.

Thanks for you post — we need far more research and dialogue about the willingness to confront incompetence and failure in a healthy fashion.

Best regards,

Shayne Hughes

]]> By: CV Harquail http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/2009/10/08/learning-as-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-941 CV Harquail Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:56:26 +0000 http://www.leadingwithlift.com/blog/?p=304#comment-941 Ryan, It's wonderful that the class (meaning you, each student, the students together) have created a (relatively) safe place to dive from the abstract to the personal. Such a lovely story (and a deft nudge from you too). cv Ryan,
It’s wonderful that the class (meaning you, each student, the students together) have created a (relatively) safe place to dive from the abstract to the personal. Such a lovely story (and a deft nudge from you too). cv

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