On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:34:23 -0500, Bill Williams <matar2012@hushmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 15:39:29 -0700, HMS Victor Victorian
> <victorvictorian@hushunomail.com> wrote:
>> On 20 Jan 2015 20:05:37 GMT, nescitur@hushmail.com (Ronin) wrote:
>> Ah, Ronin. In truth ... the TRUTH!
>> Although I once met a scout leader who was a gruff ex-RAF
>> officer, who saw himself before the lads a general ... and
>> played the part, to our dismay.
>> Best,
>> VV
>> NP-g18
Precisely: played the part. I would describe a leader as *one
who coordinates the efforts of others in pursuit of an objective*,
and note that one may lead without being a nominal leader.
In practice, however, one often finds leadership seen as *doing
what leaders do, because that's what leaders do* -- roleplaying
-- or "getting to tell others to do things they do not want to do* --
eg, school "teachers". Hard cheese.
And yet...
Consider Kipling's story, *The Flag Of Their Country*, in which
Sergeant Fox --"Foxy" -- appears to be doing no more than
playing a role: how is it that Stalky and Beetle somehow keep
turning up as defaulters, week after week? And, as they say,
*who's in charge here*? Really?
(The story also offers a profound insight into The Boy Thing;
there's a paragraph I'd not even *attempt* to read alound.)
> Heck, no. What the cartoonist has caught is the scout leader
> seeing himself as a little boy again, recapturing the sense of
> play he'd known as a kid. That's the best of what a scouting
> leader brings to his job, a real empathy (and respect) for the
> little guys who depend upon him.
Or, perhaps, *being* a Boy again, off on an Adventure?
Ronin
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