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In these times, both political parties and the media spend time telling us what to think. I want to be clear, this post is not about politics. It’s about me and you and how are being trained/conditioned to believe certain things are right without question.

At work, we are conditioned to do or told. Independent thought is devalued. After all, you are not a “team player” if you point out that the Emperor has no close and that maybe is a different way of doing things that can work better and more effectively.

A manager made manager because s/he demonstrated that they could follow orders successfully. Now they want to confirm that honor upon you by insisting that you follow orders.

The result is we learn to be cogs in the machine and when we’re finally given the opportunity to actually lead, we don’t know exactly what to do with that unless we’ve been allowed to practice leadership.

Leading is not cheerleading. It is tapping into the spirit that flashes a person and their character to the world.

Spirit is not valued in the world of management. In fact, spirit is devalued.

Never lose sight of the fact that you are being managed into compliance. Never lose sight of the fact that alleged “transformation” rarely is transformative for you. The machine is being made to do something different. That’s all.

Find the way to keep your spirit burning and never mimic the people who want to crush it.

 

Ⓒ The Big Game Hunter, Inc., Asheville, NC 2019

 

ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a career and leadership coach who worked as a recruiter for more than 40 years. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with more than 1600 episodes and his newest show, “No BS Coaching Advice” and is a member of The Forbes Coaches Council.

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