Thanks for the kind words. I agree that engage is a good perhaps better
choice of words than alignment. I use it often is discussions.
>Gene Taurman has once again offered up some useful ideas -- I guess I save
>as many of his posts as I do of anyone! in Leadership definitions
>LO17762, he discussed 7 or 12 steps in leadership, and discusses
>alignment, encouragement, structure and the like.
>
>In reading it, though, my framework and experience would also include a
>bit more on "engagement." At least in my experience, the best leaders
>generally engaged and enlisted me in the activity itself.
>
>This involvement is a core motivator for me (and apparently many others)
>and drives the ownership often needed to get things done.
>
>I'm not all that engaged by being TOLD what to do and would rather have an
>"equity" piece of the action.
whether or not is orders enters into the methods used to set the purpose
and obtain alignment. The steps must be taken the how to can be done in
many ways depending on the situation.
[...snip by your host..]
>Scott J. Simmerman
Eugene Taurman
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