I came across this quote and thought it was genius and very much in line with several recent posts about human anxiety in systems and in general bad and destructive behavior.
“A task of leadership is to help people “become uncomfortable with their inappropriate behavior” and to focus on the possibilities that change presents rather than the pain that accompanies it.”
http://congregationalresources.org/leading-congregation-through-change
At the link above you can access a free pdf download in the arena of leading congregational change.
Leaders set culture not just by their strategic efforts, but by what they allow to take place and what they permit to happen.
Most people who like to talk about culture – all those people today adding “cultural architect” to their job descriptions frequently focus on what they want to cultivate and build into the environment. Culture change is as much about setting limits on toxic, immature, or even just irresponsible or non adult behavior than it is about what you try to positively instill into a community of people.
And just to make the connections to my last post, this is a clear argument that leaders do have the task of helping monkeys grow uncomfortable with their behavior of throwing poo at others.
How do you think leaders best execute this task of helping people grow uncomfortable with their bad behavior? How do you avoid inappropriate shaming, but still help people feel the weight of their behavior or even sin?
