Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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How to Herd Cats #2: Leadership

Today's installment of "How to Herd Cats: Essays on Pagan Leadership" is #2 "Leadership." In order to enjoy respectable and effective leadership, we need to understand how it works and what we want. Unexamined leadership is rarely positive. So let's consider ...

1) What is a Pagan leader?

2) What kinds of things do people want a Pagan leader to do?

3) What are some personality traits that suit someone for leadership roles in the Pagan community?

4) What are some skills that a Pagan leader needs?
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ysabetwordsmith

Re: Yay!

ysabetwordsmith

April 22 2008, 23:09:37 UTC 13 years ago

Thank you for your thoughtful contribution!

Something I'll be discussing in a later installment is different types of group organization. There are lots of different ways to organize a group. Some are easier than others. Some tend to work better than others. If people want a non-hierarchical group then they need to understand what that means, how to assemble one, and how to maintain it.
ivy_broom

Pagan Leadership

ivy_broom

April 23 2008, 16:21:34 UTC 13 years ago

I strongly believe there has to be some kind of hierarchy - I don't have a problem with this - it works really well for wolves. We could learn a lot from them.

While leaders are human with faults, they should be reasonably reliable,
yet aware and honest about their limitations.

Leaders should be well-grounded both in experience and in education in their area of leadership.

Leaders should be in the position for the right reasons, not to just get
ego-stroking.