The Conversational Nature of Leadership and Management
Oct 7, 2022
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by Alan Sieler
In this paper a particular approach to looking at the work of leaders and managers is offered. This approach is based on the recently developed discipline Ontology of the Human Observer.
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https://britekasinos.net the idea that leadership happens through conversation rather than being a set of traits someone either has or lacks reframes how I think about my own manager's one-on-ones, which often feel like status updates instead of actual exchanges. The distinction between speaking and genuinely listening for what someone is committed to seems like the part most people skip when they read about ontology. I've caught myself rehearsing my next point while a colleague was still talking, which pretty much proves the paper's point about observers shaping their own reality.