Own Your Behaviors

 

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"This generation..."

Have you uttered these two words or complained about a generation other than your own?

Generations collide in our relationships and workspaces. But are we really all that different than the generation in front or back of us. How we interact with each other, regardless of our generation, tells a lot about us, especially as a leader.

"The choices that we make have a direct impact on the conversations that we have, the relationships that we form, and the quality of our lives in general." - Louise Evans

Wildland Fire Leadership Challenge - Digging a Little Deeper

• Watch "Own Your Behaviours, Master Your Communication, Determine Your Success," featuring Louise Evans.
• In your journal, create a page called "Intergenerational Relationships." 
• Write down "Do I have a bias for/against other generations?" Describe how that bias manifests itself in your interactions using the five chairs.
• Jackal (Attack): prone to blame, complain, punish, gossip, and judge
• The more we judge people, the less time we have to love them. - Mother Teresa
• Hedgehog (Self-Doubt): protect, yet blame and judge, self
• The highest form of intelligence is the ability to observe ourselves without judging. - Krishnamurti
• Meerkat (WAIT): collect situation awareness
•  W-A-I-T - What am I thinking? 
• You have your way; I have my way. As for the right way and the only way, it does not exist. - Nietzsche
• Dolphin (Detect): become self-aware, know who we are and what we want
• Giraffe (Connect): display empathy, compassion, and understanding; we lead
• Ask yourself, "What is important for him or her in front of me?"
• I don't like that man. I must get to know him better. - Abraham Lincoln
• You will sit in each chair. Seek to "understand how to find the balance" and own your behavior. 
• Create a plan of action to address your biases.
• Everything can be taken from man but one thing. The last of human freedoms - to choose our attitude in any given set of circumstances. - Viktor Frankl

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Thanks to James Harter for bringing this talk to our attention. Together we can make a difference.