Leadership and Power

[David Morgan]

Hi Folks...

Fascinated discussion regarding power...

My experience is a bit different. I see power as manifested from fear,
insecurity, and a supreme lack of imagination. Fear and insecurity requires
an element of control. Control strips away passion and undermines
imagination. When we lack passion we relinguish responsibility.

Dave.




>From: Funda Oral <fundaokan at superonline.com>
>Reply-To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
>To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>Subject: Re: Leadership and Power
>Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:21:36 +0300
>
>I couldn't read the other messages but I wanted to share what came to my
>mind when I read this
>
>Leadership and Power is a stupid dream created collaborately by those
>
>* who are too lazy to think to create a life for themselves or who are
not
>given enough space or opportunity to do so
>and
>* who are so blind or so fascinated by power and by the need to be
>appreciated and applauded that they believe they must create a life
>a destiny for others.
>
>or in another way of saying;
>
>* those who think they know better and are more powerfull
>and
>* the others who think they don't know, they aren't good enough,
powerfull
>enough etc.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at comcast.net>
>To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
>Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:35 PM
>Subject: Re: Leadership and Power
>
>
> > John asked:
> >
> > what do you see as the relationship between Leadership and Power?
> >
> > I suppose that depends on what you mean by "leadership"
and "power." One
>of
> > things that I have learned in Open Space is that Leadership
appears at the
> > crossroads of passion and responsibility. Or putting it another
way, the
> > leader is one who claims his passion with responsibility. By doing
so, he
>or
> > she opens some space for something new to appear. There is no
guarantee
>that
> > the new will make an appearance, or that if it does, it will be
useful,
>but
> > the potential is there. When the space is open and the new (plan,
action,
> > program, idea) stikes a resonant chord with those who share the
passion in
>a
> > responsible way -- things begin to move. Or -- we might say, power
begins
>to
> > flow. Power, from where I sit, is quite simply the motive force
which
> > energizes life. I guess that is a tautology, but it is as good as
I can
>do.
> > Point is nobody owns it, and for sure nobody can really control
it. Under
> > the best of circumstances, we can only open some space in which
power may
> > flow. We might even channel it a bit, but that is about all.
> >
> > A major point is that the Leader certainly doesn't own it (power).
For
>power
> > is always the collective juices entering an an attractive open
space to
>get
> > some job done, thought thought, plan made. Looking at power and
leadership
> > in the terms I have suggested makes it crystal clear that
Leadership is
>not
> > (nor has it ever been) position, titual, a matter of confered
status.
> > Leadership is an action which all of us can, do, and must take. So
to
>speak
> > of The Leadership, or The Leader as a predetermined reality is
idiocy. For
> > sure, those designated (falsely I think) as Leaders can lead, and
>hopefully
> > they do. But they have no corner on the market, and waiting for
them to
>lead
> > (or blaming them when they don't) is a simple abdication of our
right and
> > responsibility -- to lead.
> >
> > Harrison
> >
> >
> > Harrison Owen
> > 7808 River Falls Drive
> > Potomac, Maryland   20845
> > Phone 301-365-2093
> >
> > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com
> > Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
john
>engle
> > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:59 AM
> > To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> > Subject: Leadership and Power
> >
> > hi friends.
> >
> > my colleagues and i are working on our next newsletter for beyond
borders,
> > an organization i'm affiliated with. the theme is going to be
Leadership
>and
> > Power and i've just posted on my blog a half a dozen great quotes
that my
> > haitian colleagues put on our OS list serve in haitian creole.
> >
> > if you want to take a look, go to http://johnengle.blogspot.com
(same as
> > below).
> >
> > if you want to receive Beyond Borders' ezines, sign up on home
page at:
> > http://beyondborders.net.
> >
> > what do you see as the relationship between Leadership and Power?
> >
> > peace,
> >
> > john
> >
> > http://JohnEngle.blogspot.com - Reflections about Haiti, life, and
our
>work.
> > http://JohnEngle.info
> > http://TheExperiment.info
> >
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