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| Words Matter --an excerpt from JLC's forthcoming book! |
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Words Matter by Dena Hurst, Ph.D and Ray Jorgensen, Ph.D Because they are so powerful, words must be chosen carefully. Words are much more than letters strung together. They are the means by which we convey our thoughts to one another. Words touch all of our senses. They have a rhythm we can feel and hear. They evoke pictures in our minds. They help us recall memories, sights and smells and experiences. Like most other disciplines, leadership has its own language and to communicate as a leader is to speak in that language. Much of the traditional language of leadership has relied on metaphors from sports or the military. Motivational speeches are a way to “rally the troops,” making a good sale is “hitting a home run.” These metaphors call up for us very specific mental images, whether we are conscious of them or not. And these images create a certain world view, one that reinforces the industrial-military mindset. The new edge of leadership seeks to create a different world view, one that achieves results through cooperation and caring. And to speak the new language of leadership means choosing words that reflect a connection to other people and to the earth—organic words and metaphors rather than mechanistic ones. For example, the new language of leadership uses words like “grow” rather than ”build” and would compare team development to cultivating a garden rather than winning a game. This organic language changes our mental images, which, in turn, changes our world view to one of connectedness. |
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