Setting Standards with Kindness

"Who's around?"

For better or for worse, that's the first question to arise whenever there is a key volunteer vacancy at an association. And that’s not an irrational response, so long as the question isn't synonymous with a different question: "Who do we like?"

Naturally, people want to work with others who are agreeable and easy to have a conversation with. But as author Ron Ashkenas and nonprofit consultant Gali Cooks point out in their recent Harvard Business Review article, "Is Your Leadership Style Too Nice?" problems arise when the environment focuses more on getting along than on getting the job done.

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