fandomhigh | Leadership, Thurs Period 1, Class 6 (10/9/08)

"You can tell people what to do but they're not necessarily going to agree with you," Nathan said. "In order to get that agreement you need to motivate them."

Nathan passed around handouts. "A guy named Maslow had the idea that we do things based upon where we are in a hierarchy of needs. At the very bottom are basic physical needs such as food and sleep. Going up the list are things like security, relationships, and self-esteem. At the top we have self-actualization, which is being the best we can be. It's worth noting that we don't achieve that level so much as strive for it.

"Putting this in terms of leadership, we have two takeaways. One: people aren't going to follow you on a level 3 need when they're down on level 1. In other words, someone who's starving isn't going to be too interested in putting their energy into trying to make new friends. How many of you have a difficult time learning before you have your morning cup of coffee?

"Two: if you figure out where they are in their needs, you can explain what you want in those terms. For instance, if we make new friends then we can work together to get food. If we fund our schools then our communities will grow stronger. And, a popular one come election time, if you vote for me I'll make sure our country doesn't come under nuclear attack.

"For today's class exercise I'd like you to get together in the following groups and use the hierarchy of needs to figure out how to motivate others to help you out with a problem," Nathan said. "The problem is that your country's economy is failing. You believe you have the solution, but you need to get people to agree with you and follow along in order to fix things. Don't worry about what your solution is, I'm not expecting anyone here to be an expert economist - well anyone besides Turtle - " Nathan grinned. "For the purpose of the class just focus on how this applies to the hierarchy of needs. What needs do people have because of a government that lacks money? How can a leader talk about those needs in a way that motivates people to believe in the solution?

"As always, I'm here if you have any questions."

Group 1
Momoko Akatsutsumi
Dor
Andrew Wiggin
Jaina Solo
Joan Girardi

Group 2
Evey Hammond
Hinata Hyuuga
Tony Foster
Ben Skywalker
Agnes Nitt

Group 3
Summer Roberts
Andros
Bender
Teyla Emmagan
Lucas Scott

Group 4
Alex Drake
Meg Powers
Teddy Altman
Tabitha-Ruth Wexler

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Hyuuga Hinata

Teddy Altman

T.R. Wexler

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Listen/note take/talk amonst yourselvesy!

Hinata mused over what he was saying while she took notes.

Turtle's dedicated notes were interrupted by a slight grunt of commiseration for the prompt mentioning a failing economy, and then absolutely preening over the acknowledgment, but then that only served to make her a little nervous over not meeting the expectation during the group-work.

Andros was not as focused as he normally would be during the lecture since he was still unsettled about the nightmare that he had, had that morning but he still took down notes as he tried to concentrate.

Agnes took careful notes.

Fix the economy by being motivatey!

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"I would say the most important thing people need is a roof over their head," Joan said.

"But in theory, you can live outside, right? I think I would put shelter as more a safety issue to look at second, maybe." Momoko doodled on her handout for a moment as she considered the scenario. "You can't live without food, though. If the economy is in trouble, we need to make sure that people can eat. How are the stores? Are the prices horrible? Are the farmers in trouble? Hungry people are not happy people."

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"~~We should distract them by talking about people who were Very Naughty when the other party's candidate was 8 and didn't know him.~~ I think it depends on the kind of government," Ben said. "Is this one that is supposed to take care of the disadvantaged? Because I'm guessing they'll be feeling the pinch if the government starts running out of credits."

"D-Don't most governments take c-care of the disadvantaged i-in some way?"

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"I think physiological and safety needs would be most important," Summer said. "Especially if you want to try to gain the trust of the people. It's easier to get someone motivated if they are more trusting."

"But if the government's broke then we have to focus," said Bender. "We just want enough people to agree with us, not everyone."

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Turtle, of course, had some thoughts and ideas scribbled down in her notebook, but she wanted to see how the others in her group weighed in, too. Arm over the closed notebook, she passed a slight smile around her classmates. "Soooo?" she asked. "What do you think?"

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He's all listeny!

She's all pingy and TAy!

So we're not end of the worldy!

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