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People First,Things Second - Leadership Education

Guest post by: Sylvia Lafair

Article Overview: What can we learn from a world in turmoil? What can we learn from watching the courage of young, old, men, women, and children putting their lives at risk for something as amorphous, as intangible as freedom? What can we learn from watching our colleagues in neighboring states go to the seat of power, the capitol where they march, stand, sit, drum, chant that they will not go away, they will be heard?

People First,Things Second - Leadership Education

What can we learn from a world in turmoil? What can we learn from watching the courage of young, old, men, women, and children putting their lives at risk for something as amorphous, as intangible as freedom?

What can we learn from watching our colleagues in neighboring states go to the seat of power, the capitol where they march, stand, sit, drum, chant that they will not go away, they will be heard?

What can we learn watching the price of gasoline inch up higher and higher taking our hard earned money so that little is left for the joys and fun we work so hard to have for our families and ourselves?

It is as if we are all waking up from a Rip van Winkle sleep of years and years.

One of the most basic derailers for business success is the difficulty changing or adapting to new ways. More than not, we have resistance to change and turn a deaf ear to learning and developing from mistakes.

When stress is high there is a natural tendency to stay in the trenches. It takes a special person to become a giraffe and stick your neck out. Yet, more and more are finding the courage to join a global "giraffe project."

There is an awakening to a global power to bring about increased liberty and democracy. In our country there is an awakening to bring about a society in which concepts such as unemployment and meaningless labor are obsolete, a society in which everyone has an opportunity to be engaged in dignified work and has a right to sit at the bargaining table to weave together contracts that are just and fair.

Change is in the air, it's blowing in the wind. It's time to move the concept of "power to the people" to a unique and vital idea if we are going to take care of this very tired planet and give the next generations the opportunity to become the best they can be. It means we become citizens before we become consumers. There is a higher plateau to reach. Let's beat the drums to the chant of

PEOPLE FIRST, THINGS SECOND

We will all be better for this vast transformational change.

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