Authority

This week we talked about 'authority'

- Key needs connected to authority
- Experiencing and exercising authority
- Power

Here is a quote from this week which compelled me: "A key manifestation of emphaty is respect"

But which one is right: Ask for respect first or show respect?
The answer is that we maximize our potential of receiving respect by showing respect first.


Having the power does not mean we are certainly going to use it. Being an authority and being power is different.

There's a word including 'power' in itself which is empowerment. Does it mean giving power to somebody? The answer is, not exactly. Empowerment means you are recognizing people's power of choice.

This concepty relates quite well to leadership: Because there is a distinct line between leadership based on hierarchy and leadership based on skill.

Healthy Organization

Sometimes simplicity is a better way to explain concepts. Here is a quote I like about it:

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo Da Vinci

So this week I am going to explain what we learned in a simple but effective way.

In order to have a healthy organization you must inspire trust and build a collaborative environment. And healthy organization is about trust, attitude, care and interest.

Power of Emphaty

Emphaty is good for building trust and showing that we care for the other person, also creates a connection, expanding the capacity of listening. But in order to emphatise we must really care, if we don't it is pointless to emphatise because it just won't work and it will reveal eventually.

There's another important thing which we learned this week and it is symphatising. In symphatising other person is talking about himself and we say our feelings about his situation.

and interrogating is like "How could this happen?!"