Leadership, Friday, 3rd Period

[emoclops.livejournal.com]

"Leadership has its drawbacks, of course," Scott said, starting things off oh so positively. "If you commit, really commit to your team and make sure they work together as well as possible, carefully balancing their strengths and weaknesses into a whole that ends up being greater than the sum of its parts, you may find yourself lacking in your own individual abilities."

"This is actually very common. By the time you've worked your way up the ladder into a leadership position in a company or another kind of team, not only are you spending less time with whatever skills helped you get there in the first place, but you're probably going to be leading people from the next generation who have the benefit of being raised on refined techniques and technologies. There are countless groups out there being run by people who have no practical knowledge of how to do what their team can do easily for the simple reason that they were already in management when new tools started being used."

"Ideally, you want to avoid that. You want to be able to keep your skills sharp so that you understand things better and can do it on your own if need be. So now and then you need to go solo," Scott said. "No puns on anyone's last name intended, of course." By Scott. NOT BY ME. Mwahahahaha.

"So, what we have here today are a few chances to keep your individual abilities sharp. There are both physical and mental challenges so you can actually get something out of this class depending on your strengths."

"Good luck staying sharp."

Comments

Re: Going Solo: Debate

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Aren't you from a different world or whatever?" Quinn drawled, inspecting her nails. "Great. You play by different rules. I get it, but it makes it harder to argue."

She flicked at a bit of dry cuticle. "Okay, so what happens to River's real mom and dad in the world where she comes through the portal again and stays?"

Re: Going Solo: Debate

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"That's the right argument to use. Her parents would come here to rescue her and take her home, even if it meant having to hurt other people to do it." Squall shrugged. "It's not very responsible. But the question wasn't whether we'd keep them, just whether we'd be happy for them to come back."

He raised an eyebrow at Quinn. "You don't want to see your son again?"

Re: Going Solo: Debate

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Not especially," Quinn shrugged. "The portal kids are just the island lying to us in a creepy way. I mean, I want kids, but when I'm 30 and have a good job and a husband I'm crazy about. Not now."

She frowned, picked at a cuticle again. "I wouldn't ... drop him out a window or anything."

Did she sound horrible? Oh well.

Re: Going Solo: Debate

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"Wouldn't drop him out a window," Squall repeated dryly. "That's not very high praise. Did you get one of the annoying ones?"

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"He thought Bruce and I were the lamest people on earth, but that's not the point," Quinn said. "Even if he was awesome I wouldn't want a kid hanging around all the time."

Her lips twitched in a smile. "What was your kid like?"