Analysis: James G. Clawson´s A Leader’s Guide To Why People Behave The Way They Do

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In James G. Clawson case study A Leader’s Guide To Why People Behave The Way They Do we learned how the mentality of leaders is deeply influenced by their parents. One of the key things to take away from Clawson article is how parents can potentially have a lasting effect in the outlooks of a child that can affect them later on in life as adults. As babies are born they are born without any type perceptions created on their own, instead their perceptions and impressions are things that children pick up along the way from their parents. This in return can cause most adults to interpret situations differently from one another. Clawson mentions how for leaders in order resolve a type of conflict, they must be able to understand the core values or “VABEs” (Values, Assumptions, Believes, and Expectations) of the people in conflict. For instance if a person is angry we can assume that something has been done wrong that conflicts with their core values and as leaders we must try our best to understand peoples VABEs to best resolve an issue. Depending on the way a parent raised thei...

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