@HelenBevan@mtthwhgn@LSEManagement I guess "positive" doesn't necessarily mean "happy" here but more words like "hopeful", "resilient", "open", "cooperative"?
I was thinking the same, @mtthwhgn, and felt initially like it was promoting a "grin and bear" style of leadership, which seems pretentious
@HelenBevan Love when someone else says what I'm thinking and does it clearer than i thought π. "Gossip is a content distribution mechanism. Slander is one form of content."
@HelenBevan@goranhenriks@karas01 Is part of "communicating effectively" challenging unhealthy tendencies of others and allowing others to challenge ours? Thinking ahead, could there be a risk of destructive debate under stress, such that effective communication is also choosing silence and tolerance?
Popular phrase I hear is "assume positive intent"... Hmm, seems a lil superficial... I'm more inclined to say, "assume human intent'. People are just doing the best with what they know, what they've experienced and how they feel. Sometimes that could be negative. Work wid it
@HelenBevan This is so true. The challenge is identifying "who is leading"? Organisational leadership tends to be a mix of designated, official directorship and informal influencers/modellers of culture and practice.
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