Comments on: Coming to Ourselves http://www.courageousleadership.com/blog/2006/01/19/coming-to-ourselves/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:57:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Josh http://www.courageousleadership.com/blog/2006/01/19/coming-to-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Josh Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:03:51 +0000 http://www.courageousleadership.com/blog/?p=5#comment-5 I wonder how much better our teams, and our companies would be if the posturing would stop. The attitude that I am excellent at everything related to my function and I am not to be questioned. In teams where specialists come together - what if we could all admit we're just posturing to be recognized as worthy to be in the game! What if I could admit I just want to be valued and I want to be the boss! What if the boss could admit he does not actually want to be the boss?! How come great technicians get promoted to managers when many just want to continue to be technicians but with the bosses paycheck? So then do we create our own 'handicaps'? Why do we let others put us in a position where we are handicapped? Why do I, a person of reasonable intelligence, choose not to look at my own demons and focus on those of others? Instead of improving most of us (including myself) just try and posture. I wonder how much better our teams, and our companies would be if the posturing would stop. The attitude that I am excellent at everything related to my function and I am not to be questioned. In teams where specialists come together - what if we could all admit we’re just posturing to be recognized as worthy to be in the game!

What if I could admit I just want to be valued and I want to be the boss! What if the boss could admit he does not actually want to be the boss?! How come great technicians get promoted to managers when many just want to continue to be technicians but with the bosses paycheck?

So then do we create our own ‘handicaps’? Why do we let others put us in a position where we are handicapped? Why do I, a person of reasonable intelligence, choose not to look at my own demons and focus on those of others? Instead of improving most of us (including myself) just try and posture.

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