Leadership: Knowing the Questions To Ask
I don't know about you but listening to the news and reading the paper this last week has been emotionally draining. Hurricane Kartina's aftermath will live in infamy.
What I've noticed is that everyone has an opinion. What went wrong, who did or did not do something. How could we ,"America", let this happened to us?
Forget the polls, forget the news media hype, forget the photo-ops.
Leaders who have led this great country of ours and successful businesses have always known to ask good questions when the going gets tough.
Yesterday, my Pastor, the Rev. Richard Hurst, Jr., reminded me of this during his sermon. He talked about the devastation after a hurricane that hit Great Barrington, MA about ten years ago and what he learned from trauma specialists. These folks gave Pastor a list of events that would unfold in the next few weeks... with searing accuracy. And they are the same things that are taking place now after hurricane Katrina.
So a great leader would have asked the questions; "what typically happens after an event such as this? What should we (the country, the county, our employees and our business) and I expect. What should I be doing to prevent some of these things from happening, if I can?"
May we all be leaders in our businesses, churches, communities... asking the good questions, volunteering, writing checks and doing what we can to make a positive difference for the future of all of America.
Barb- Leadership Lady
What I've noticed is that everyone has an opinion. What went wrong, who did or did not do something. How could we ,"America", let this happened to us?
Forget the polls, forget the news media hype, forget the photo-ops.
Leaders who have led this great country of ours and successful businesses have always known to ask good questions when the going gets tough.
Yesterday, my Pastor, the Rev. Richard Hurst, Jr., reminded me of this during his sermon. He talked about the devastation after a hurricane that hit Great Barrington, MA about ten years ago and what he learned from trauma specialists. These folks gave Pastor a list of events that would unfold in the next few weeks... with searing accuracy. And they are the same things that are taking place now after hurricane Katrina.
So a great leader would have asked the questions; "what typically happens after an event such as this? What should we (the country, the county, our employees and our business) and I expect. What should I be doing to prevent some of these things from happening, if I can?"
May we all be leaders in our businesses, churches, communities... asking the good questions, volunteering, writing checks and doing what we can to make a positive difference for the future of all of America.
Barb- Leadership Lady
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