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The Art Of Leadership
You Don’t Have To Act Like A Self-Help Guru
What’s it like to work for a self-help guru? I have no first-hand experience, but I was lucky enough to see this dynamic at our local coffee shop.
There were two older men; I’m guessing late 40’s. There was one younger woman, mid 20’s. One of the older men was the leader, the boss or whatever. You could tell by the way the other two nodded in agreement with everything he said, even when it sounded absurd. This leader inserted a four letter word beginning with “f” with a regularity that would put a street thug to shame. The presence of children did not stop him from curbing his language. His two followers seemed embarrassed by the outbursts but said nothing to admonish him.
Then the fun begins.
Based on the gist of the conversation, I gathered this was a sales team. The leader focused on a single theme to characterize all of the issues they spoke about.
“He won’t buy because of his limiting beliefs.”
“If you’re not cold calling fifty customers a day it’s because of your limiting beliefs.”
It was almost as if he had just watched a self-help infomercial and felt compelled to recite it verbatim.
