Talk:Leadership Qualities

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• Your thoughts on the Leadership Qualities page? - feel free to add, but keep them as constructive and as neutral as possible (but who am I to say - just exercise your own common sense and whatever works for you, but it just _might_ be more effective if more reflected and not off-the charts hostile ;). Anu 03:10, 12 May 2007 (EDT)

(statements below are written by Anu and don't represent the official position of Couchsurfing.com, merely hoping to have a chance to offer some feedback, and for the record I would like to see more input than just mine ;)

How about these? o

• Ability for respectful conflict resolution through confrontation rather than avoidance

• Ability for open, direct and sincere dialogue with the community

• Ability to take in and reflect upon constructive criticism and act on it accordingly

• Ability to operate in a multi-cultural environment, actively realizing the mission of intercultural understanding in accepting varying communication styles and other differences stemming from diverse cultural backgrounds

• Ability to operate in a largely virtual organization

Anu, thank you for your contribution here. I really appreciate hearing your opinion on this. You did the right thing by constructively editting the talk page and then alerting us to its inclusion. Kasper - this is a \\\"protected\\\" page. \\\"Protected \\\"Leadership Qualities\\\": Official policy to be edited by leadership team or designated persons only \\\" It\\\'s not constructive of you to just add whatever without going through the required channels. This only hurts communication and trust.

This should be rephrased: \\\'avoiding \\\"us against them\\\" situations at all costs.\\\' \\\'avoidance at all costs\\\', to me, implies denial of the differing opinions existing, leading into postponing dealing with the conflict until the disaccordance resolves itself thrugh either \\\"us\\\" or \\\"them\\\" walking away from the situation that\\\'s not dealt with, or building up tension and even more polarization on the situation. Suggesting: \\\"avoiding creating \\\'us against them\\\' situations through actively building bridges and fostering open communication within the community\\\"

Thanks again, Anu. We\\\'re still editting our doc and appreciate the insight. --RedCouchGuy 18:57, 10 May 2007 (EDT)

Further comments to these edits can be found on the page archive. I did this to keep this space less prone to further virtual fistfights and more likely to result in gathering constructive feedback on the actual contents of the document. Anu 03:10, 12 May 2007 (EDT)

Origins of the document

While you argue about the importance of protect this important document . Lets see from where this document was plagiarized

Further comments on providing this information can be found on page archive page. (I was a bit too hasty in my reaction and apologize for that, it's good to have this information no matter who it's coming from) Anu 03:10, 12 May 2007 (EDT)

Kasper's critique

It's hardly realistic to expect anyone to have all these qualities, let alone finding a person that has all these qualities and wants work in this way without receiving payment. I don't think I have any of these skills, traits or abilities myself. And I don't think anyone I met has all of these, and I met a lot of very active CouchSurfers. Even Casey needs a lot of work on his Teamwork and Communication abilities, especially in the virtual world. Guaka^CS 03:45, 13 May 2007 (EDT)