{"id":8373,"date":"2021-05-07T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=8373"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:02","slug":"a-tough-spot-for-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=8373","title":{"rendered":"A TOUGH SPOT FOR LEADERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For several decades now I have watched the following truths play out across many different venues, slowly and inevitably:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A leader within an organization who pushes for excellence and raises standards will draw the ire of the lazy, the lax, and the unserious.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A leader who fails to push for excellence and lowers standards will draw the ire of the competent, the purposeful, and the serious.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ire of the lazy is sharp and loud. And it is dangerous to the leader: the lazy will work for the leader&#8217;s removal.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, the ire of the competent is blunted and quiet. And it is dangerous to the organization: the competent will eventually remove themselves from the leader&#8217;s influence.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several decades now I have watched the following truths play out across many different venues, slowly and inevitably:\u00a0\u00a0 A leader within an organization who pushes for excellence and raises standards will draw the ire of the lazy, the lax, and the unserious. A leader who fails to push for excellence and lowers standards will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8374,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8373\/revisions\/8374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}