{"id":8623,"date":"2018-06-18T01:11:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T05:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/2018\/06\/18\/speaking-truth-to-power\/"},"modified":"2021-04-24T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T19:57:54","slug":"speaking-truth-to-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/speaking-truth-to-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Truth to Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/howardSpierer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7648 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1_howardSpierer-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a>\n\n\n\nHoward Spierer\nColumnist<\/strong><\/pre>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>The Importance of creating an environment for your men can speak their truth to power.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This lesson in leadership comes from a recent personal experience. In mid-June I was removed from my position within MDI, I believe not because of anything I did with respect to my job but because of something I said in the supposedly safe and confidential space of a leadership call. What I said and why I said it is irrelevant to the lesson I\u2019m about to address. What I\u2019m concerned about and what I want to communicate to you is the importance of creating an environment where the men you are charged with leading feel free to speak their truth.<\/p>\n<p>As always these are my opinions, my thoughts, and my <u>beliefs<\/u>. I own them. They are not necessarily shared by MDI as an organization or its leadership nor the editors of Legacy Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>As I delve into the deeper lessons in leadership, there are several things I hold to be true:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There may be multiple truths to any one circumstance.<\/li>\n<li>Tapping into emotion is the quickest way to reveal someone\u2019s underlying beliefs.<\/li>\n<li>What someone says is much less important than what someone does. This is especially true if what they said was during a heightened emotional state.<\/li>\n<li>There is nothing that can\u2019t be resolved through communication.<\/li>\n<li>Being the leader is more about listening than acting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An effective and successful leader listens to the words, digs behind the emotion and uses that to evaluate their own position. And after this, only then should they act.<\/p>\n<p>I have always tried to adhere to a leadership model that strives to work with those that disagreed with me rather than isolate and marginalize them. When looking to make a decision I would continue to seek input until I found someone who disagreed with me. Then I would listen to the basis of the disagreement and factor it into the context I needed to present to enroll others into my vision.<\/p>\n<p>I like to encourage my men and urge and often incite them to speak their truth to me, especially if they think it\u2019s going to hurt my feelings. I have found it incredibly dangerous to allow men to stifle their emotion and carry a list of grievances against me. If there is a thunderstorm coming, I have always wanted to see it well in advance. I am quicker to trust a man who is willing to voice his disagreement with me than someone who feels compelled to nod their head in tacit agreement.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest mistakes I believe any leader can make is to take someone out of a job after they voiced a contrary opinion. That does not mean eventually they cannot fire or seek that person\u2019s resignation. I just believe it is dangerous to do it immediately after someone has spoken their truth because the signal it sends to everyone else is \u201cbe careful what you say.&#8221; For someone charged with leading anything, surrounding yourself with others who are afraid to question you is a sure path to ultimate failure.<\/p>\n<p>Too often leaders confronted by disagreement try to convince the other side they are right rather than taking a step back and hearing what the other person is saying. They wish not to see where there might be some kernel of truth. 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