Appreciation and leadership
•Nature
•Appreciation and
leadership permit one to discern, direct and shape what is to be done as well
as permit one to modify the
direction and shaping by assessing what is being done or about to be done (by friendlies as well as adversaries).
•What does this mean?
•Appreciation, as part of leadership, must provide
assessment of what is being done in a clear unambiguous way. In this sense, appreciation must not
interact nor interfere with system but must discern (not shape) the character/nature of what is
being done or about to be done;
•whereas
•Leadership must give direction in terms of what is to be
done also in a clear unambiguous way. In this sense, leadership must interact with system to
shape the character or nature of that system in order to realize what is to be done.
•Implication
•Assessment and discernment should be invisible and
should not interfere with operations while direction and shaping should be evident to
system‑otherwise appreciation and leadership do not exist as an effective means to improve our fitness to
shape and cope with unfolding circumstances.
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