{"id":299,"date":"2018-10-07T09:53:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T16:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/?p=299"},"modified":"2018-10-12T09:05:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T16:05:32","slug":"response-to-daneen-light-from-many-lamps-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/2018\/10\/07\/response-to-daneen-light-from-many-lamps-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Response to Daneen – Light from Many Lamps – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daneen, nice work in your\u00a0post<\/a> <\/strong>capturing the essence of leadership in this sorrowful, yet inspiring passage, especially as it relates to the degree in which courage, compassion and conviction will manifest under crises. A few things captured my attention as I read your script \u2013 one, the role of the environment upon the practice of leadership and two, the degree at which risk exerts itself upon our ability to demonstrate the very best in ourselves.<\/p>\n

It is truly amazing the influential power of so few words and their impact upon millions of lives, but so much more amplified when considering the environmental situation in which they are born out of. My rhetorical query is rooted in asking what specific tools or techniques need to become permanent assets in order to demonstrate those same qualities across a wide spectrum of experience and need? Conversely, is it less about the leader\u2019s toolbox and more about the resources that the follower has at hand to decode or interpret the leader\u2019s message? For instance, will I be able to communicate the same measure of courage, compassion and conviction when the environment, experience or followers change? Maybe the measure of impact is associated more with the readiness of the follower, or the collective state of a group, rather than the prowess of the leader and their words? When considering that theory, our tasks as leaders would be to empower the follower, so when inspiration strikes, they have the necessary means to decode, interpret and exercise the value.<\/p>\n

Secondly, you mentioned how these qualities can be magnified in desperate situations; therefore, like the environment, risk can enhance a leadership opportunity, or it can strike fear, resulting in an opportunity lost. Ultimately, Lieutenant Farrow was thinking solely of his mother and wife to be; however, in the context of leadership, let us simply consider the limitless velocity and amplified power that spoken or written word holds, especially under great sacrifice be it on the battlefield, our workplace, or in our homes.<\/p>\n

Matt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daneen, nice work in your\u00a0post capturing the essence of leadership in this sorrowful, yet inspiring passage, especially as it relates to the degree in which courage, compassion and conviction will manifest under crises. A few things captured my attention as I read your script \u2013 one, the role of the environment upon the practice of … <\/p>\n

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