Sherri wrote:
>In terms of feeling threatened -- that is a conclusion on my part. It ties
>in with my mental model that men have difficulty discussing deep emotions
>in private let alone public places. You were two men who were trying to
That may be true, but I wanted to come out publicly and support the
direction of this group considering the _whole_ person, including the
intellectual and emotional. From the standpoint of a LO, I think it is
important that we acknowledge that all of us have all of these facets and
that ignoring one (or the other) is likely to get worse performance (if
you believe the work of the sociotechnology folk), not to mention being
dehumanizing.
I read on some group (was it this one a couple of years ago?) an essay
about the "daddy track". The author was advocating that we all, daddys
included, scale back our work lives to a reasonable level (he suggested 8
hour days, 5 days a week) so that we could participate more fully in our
family lives. One of the points he made was that companies (largely)
promote people who work exceptionally long hours, usually at the expense
of relationships outside of work, and then wonder why our leaders have
difficulty relating to people. Hmm.
Bill
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