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As a leader, I\u2019m always looking for leadership lessons.\u00a0 I\u2019m trying to soak up the experiences that I see in the headlines each and every day.\u00a0 This week with Al Davis, owner of the Oakland Raiders, coming out and crucifying his former coach, it was a great opportunity to learn an important lesson.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll be the first to admit that what you own you should be able to control. But even that principle has its limits.\u00a0 Here are the five things I take away from this bizarre news story: 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It comes out of number one, and that\u2019s the whole concept of group think<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 Once you begin to isolate yourself and talk to yourself, everyone around you who depends on you for their livelihood or certain benefits begin to agree with you without challenge.\u00a0 It\u2019s called group think<\/em>.\u00a0 That\u2019s why a bunch of people can behave in bizarre ways when they simply just close off all communication with other outside counselors. These are my take-aways from this experience.\u00a0 What are some of yours?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As a leader, I\u2019m always looking for leadership lessons.\u00a0 I\u2019m trying to soak up the experiences that I see in the headlines each and every day.\u00a0 This week with Al Davis, owner of the Oakland Raiders, coming out and crucifying his former coach, it was a great opportunity to learn an important lesson. I\u2019ll be … Continue reading “What Can We Learn From The Debacle in Oakland?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anytime you isolate yourself<\/span> into a little world of your own mind and way of thinking, you can justify doing anything; even things that are incredibly bizarre.\u00a0 So be careful about talking yourself into believing certain things.<\/p>\n
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\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A bizarre behavior of unhealthy decisions over time destroys your credibility.<\/span> Here\u2019s what we can learn from this: be careful how many times you choose the nuclear option when dealing with conflict.\u00a0 You do it too often and you are the one who becomes suspect, no matter how right you may be.
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\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lane Kiffin, like him or not, is a person. <\/span> He has family members.\u00a0 Trying to destroy a person you disagree with only backfires on you.\u00a0 Remember, no matter how violent the disagreement, we are people.\u00a0 And people matter more than anything else.\u00a0 Without people you don\u2019t have a football team, an organization, a church, or even a family.
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\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The most important observation is that though Mr. Davis owns the Oakland Raiders, he owns it for the public good. <\/span> It exists by the benevolence, the goodwill, and the willingness of the Oakland fans and other people around the country to see them play.\u00a0 You can\u2019t simply thumb your nose and say, \u201cI own it and I\u2019ll do what I want,\u201d <\/em>and expect people to continue to support you over time.\u00a0 The Oakland Raiders would be absolutely nothing <\/em>without the NFL, and without her fans.\u00a0 And when you depend on other people for your livelihood, you have to learn how to play nice<\/em>.<\/p>\n