• infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.net
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      10 months ago

      Which makes more sense?

      • a distinct skillset of oratory
      • a distinct skillset of abstract thinking about objectives and outcomes (strategy)
      • a distinct skillset of teaching
      • a distinct skillset of managing dialogue
      • a distinct skillset of coordinating people in real time
      • a distinct skillset of mediating and resolving disputes between group members
      • Leadership, which is some mishmash of all or any or none of the above, we say it’s a skill but there are no good tests or even any quantitative metrics of it
      • Owl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        10 months ago

        I can say for certain that none of the leadership things I’ve been roped into have been about any of the things you listed under #1.

        Maybe “abstract thinking about objectives and outcomes” but that appears to be more, like, a thing that justifies “leaders” existing, rather than something they actually do. If I start actually talking about that sort of thing with leaders they get weird about it.

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          10 months ago

          To back you up, Owl, most of these “leadership” programs are grifts; something along the line of “pay us money so you can think about what it would be like to be in charge,” with a light dash of networking. The USian concept of leadership seems to start and end at having enough money and influence to own a business or organization.