Leadership has an impact on people’s commitment, their desire to stay or leave, their willingness to put forth more discretionary effort, and their inclination to take personal initiative and responsibility.

Video 1 – “Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe”:

Video 2 – “Principles for Success ‘Be Radically Open-Minded’ | Episode 7”:

Questions:

How do you currently deal with conflict with your teams or superiors? After reading this week’s assignments will you change the way you deal with conflict within your team or with superiors? If so, how?

This week’s reading states that Lincoln would always leave “an opportunity for a change of mind.” In your personal or professional life, have you ever had a project that needed to be completed and had a specific strategy in mind, but had to change the strategy along the way? If so, explain.

Has there ever been a time as a leader where you fell short in taking personal initiative and responsibility for a situation that needed resolution? Describe the situation and what occurred.