Mar 11th 2014, 3:01:14
My life has taken various twists and turns over the past decade. I'm a leader. I've lead in this game, in my household, at more than once place of employment, in organized sports and briefly in the political arena at a lower level.
Leading is what I do. I'm a born leader. Nowadays, my world has become much smaller. I am given orders by various people and each and every one of these orders is wrong. When I attempt to correct these "leaders" I am ignored. The other day, I was so upset about an order given to me that instead of correctly them the way I usually do, I gave my "boss" a 17 minute lecture about what it means to be a leader. I went over cause and effect. Long-term ramifications of decisions and most importantly, consequences and repercussions.
He accused me of undermining and threatening him. I reminded him that what I said should be taken as friendly advice. I told him that if he felt they were threats then perhaps he should proceed with caution since HE felt that consequences and repercussions were coming.
For large stretches in my existence, I was the boss/dictator/leader of an institution. But today, I'm playing the part of the guerrilla leader. This is not a role for me. I am not raging against the machine. I AM the machine. Somehow, the system has become infected. Instead of placing capable, ruthless people who have vision and are able to distinguish the difference between strategy and tactics in leadership positions, the system is placing lowly, spineless, barely coherent reprobates at the helm. Sometimes I think this has been done to spite me.
Leading is what I do. I'm a born leader. Nowadays, my world has become much smaller. I am given orders by various people and each and every one of these orders is wrong. When I attempt to correct these "leaders" I am ignored. The other day, I was so upset about an order given to me that instead of correctly them the way I usually do, I gave my "boss" a 17 minute lecture about what it means to be a leader. I went over cause and effect. Long-term ramifications of decisions and most importantly, consequences and repercussions.
He accused me of undermining and threatening him. I reminded him that what I said should be taken as friendly advice. I told him that if he felt they were threats then perhaps he should proceed with caution since HE felt that consequences and repercussions were coming.
For large stretches in my existence, I was the boss/dictator/leader of an institution. But today, I'm playing the part of the guerrilla leader. This is not a role for me. I am not raging against the machine. I AM the machine. Somehow, the system has become infected. Instead of placing capable, ruthless people who have vision and are able to distinguish the difference between strategy and tactics in leadership positions, the system is placing lowly, spineless, barely coherent reprobates at the helm. Sometimes I think this has been done to spite me.
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