Genuine leadership: How to get others to change their ideas without offending them?
Many times in life we come across situations in which we are leading a team or group of people, so the most common is to clash with some misconceptions of someone in particular of that group, however strategically it is a very common requirement to ask leaders not to confront these ideas, but rather to subtly make the person change or desist from such misconceptions.
The traditional and most common way to confront ideas is when we seek somehow to find flaws in that person and tell him/her face to face, but this mistakenly what it will achieve is a clash of ideas where no one will want to give an inch.
The bold idea that should be taken under a genuine leadership is to be able to find that defect of the person we want to confront but keep it and never reveal it, since we can use it effectively without the person realizing it to make him change his mind. However, we must keep in mind that to change a person's mind is not only necessary a single strategy, so never reveal the mistakes of the other is only the beginning of many strategies to apply.
I want to close this reflection with a very clear example that I use as a teacher at the university, in the first place I want to make clear that in the classroom I am a leader, therefore I have the responsibility to take the helm of the ship in the best way, that is to say driving the ship without anyone thinking that we can collide with a mass of ice and be shipwrecked at sea, as this is the imminent risk.
What I mean is that for example, when I ask a question to my students, and if there is a student who answers wrongly, I never for anything in the world tell that student that he is wrong so abruptly, first I try to take some common point of what he has answered because of the question I asked, so that the student feels that it has been worth the effort to answer, then later I clarify that however the answer is not quite right and that corrections should be made in such and such aspects.
With this way of acting, what we are ensuring is that the person being corrected is not demotivated, while at the same time being able to correct his mistake but can continue to learn along the way.
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Hello @carlos84
Being a leader always involves leading by example. Knowing how to communicate is undoubtedly the habit that every leader must have, otherwise, you end up having a lot of problems.
Certainly, honesty is a faithful example of commitment in this titanic task of genuine leadership. When we act with leadership we must be an example to follow and place effective communication first at all times.
Greetings my friend @josevasques217. Thank you for your comment
Even while we are leaders we also need to understand that they have feelings as well and even while correcting them we have to be really diplomatic about it.
Correct diplomacy and subtlety play an important role in correcting our group, especially if what we want to apply is genuine leadership.
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Hi friend, being a leader sometimes is not easy, but I think it is something that motivates us to help others and set an example. A leader cares about those who follow him, for his employees or those who are in charge, he cares about teaching, because the work is a team effort and not to feel superior. I think you are a very good teacher. Best regards.
I totally share your opinion, my friend, that a leader is concerned about the well being of the group he/she commands, that is why knowing how to correct with prudence is very important to keep the group stimulated.
Greetings and thank you for your comment.
I think it's more of being considerate and not seeing some people's angle as wrong or right. There's always sense in nonsense if you look deeply
If we scrutinize deep down any idea or contribution is always valid, as you say you can never underestimate the contributions of other people no matter how wrong they may seem.
Greetings and thanks for your comment.
Telling someone that he/she is wrong so direct won't lead to something good normally even though as you mentioned we can tell them they incorrect in many better ways.
As I read you as a university teacher, it is amazing to read from you and to see what many great teachers have in mind, I wish all others would think the same way though.
Nice read and thanks for sharing!
Dear @carlos84 constructive criticism really helps a lot , it helps the student or follower (as the case may be) to understand the perspective of correction and follow it up with a good heart and intention.