· There’s no place in leadership for hate.
· Hate is unproductive and unprofessional.
· Don’t waste a minute of your time on hate.
You’re leading a business, or a unit of a business – your job is to seriously and objectively deal with products, process, performance, and people (employees and customers). Others depend on your work and judgment – based on the situation and the facts. Not personal animosities. You may disagree with some, but only as a matter of discussion, after which your role is to do what’s best for the business. You may not appreciate some, but only as a means of figuring out what you might appreciate about them; again, find ways to make everyone important on some level. This again is about integrity – doing what’s right; it’s about ethical behavior. Don’t be so big or full of yourself that you think your hate is important in the bigger scheme of things – it only makes you look small. Even while the world seems to be filled with so much discord and hate, your role in the workplace is to be civil, and encourage and inspire others to be the same. Let work be the place where people practice working together and letting diversity be a strength. That may seem to be a tall order, but the benefits are worth it for you, the people you work with and for, and your customers. Find ways around hate today.
Medgar Evers (1925 – 1963): American United States Army veteran and civil rights activist.
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