HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Let Us Celebrate the Good Compromise
Competency: leadership, influence/negotiation skills, interpersonal skills, listening skills
Who benefits: almost anyone can benefit from this 3 minute read
Consultant Usage: great article for discussion in management training – any level
What’s it about? The purpose of my Wednesday posts is to bring you information about behaviors and competencies in the workplace. Hopefully that information will give you opportunities for self-inquiry or to examine ways you interact with others, your team or your organization. When possible, my posts also overlap into life skills. Usually I summarize something I have read, seen or found and add a few of my own thoughts or observations.
Today I am going to let John Baldoni do all the work for me. He has himself summarized a tremendous body of work regarding leadership, interpersonal skills, and influence/negotiation skills in a very short post.
I tried to find a good quote on the art/skill of compromise to add to this post. What I found is a large majority of said quotes are against compromise. Stand on Principle folks say. Never compromise Principle. Baloney I say!!! Your principle is someone else’s idiocy. The truly great and lasting achievements in this world we live in have been made by men (and more recently, thank goodness, women) of goodwill who sit down, debate and reach a compromise. I often think the best results are those that please no one.
But back to today’s recommendation. It takes skill to negotiate, influence and reach workable compromises at work and at home. Maybe not so much with teens, but that is another story. Take three minutes to read Compromising When Compromise Is Hard.
If you want more of John Baldoni, he also has a newish book out. I have not read it, but it has garnered some good reviews. If the book is as good as his post, it should be helpful: The Leader’s Pocket Guide: 101 Indispensable Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Any Situation. Like his article, the book is short and to the point.
Catch you later.
Bill Bradley
Bill Bradley (mostly) retired after 35 years in organizational consulting, training and management development. During those years he worked internally with seven organizations and trained and consulted externally with more than 90 large and small businesses, government agencies, hospitals and schools.
Makes perfect sense…he needs to get his ideas to those in Washington who are paid to govern and don’t! I kept thinking of Congress as I read…they do almost none of these things and the use of the Sam Rayburn example just shows how things have changed, and not for the better. Thanks.