TEAM QUAN- LOVE

I'm so excited to be back with my team. They all rock. They are all interested and engaged and willing. I think the willing part is the best part of all. They are open to every adventure, to every strange or nuanced idea and they are patient and willing to hear it out; to dig deep to be vulnerable and to share. I want to remember that all this is, is storytelling at its finest. I feel like great leaders tell their stories well. They are clear from the beginning about what they want to convey and they are willing to be proved wrong and they are willing to go all in. Maybe that is what I want the most- to feel like I can go all in and be okay either way. So this is the week of the Penn State scandal- and I've thought a lot about leadership. Joe Paterno lost his job because he failed to manage- a member of his team. Sometime the stakes are that high and it's the ones we should be protecting that at first glance seem they are not that big of a deal,. On one hand I can see someone in his position thinking "I have bigger things to deal with- I was hired to win games, to coach football - not to manage morally questionably adults. This is not a part of my job." But on the other hand there was a lot more at stake than winning footballs games and in terms of legacy this is how he will be remembered. I wonder. Will he be remembered as an outstanding coach with awards, and metals and titles, who influenced generations of players and fans- or as a leader who allowed monstrous behaviour to go unchecked? It's easier on many occasions to not have the conversation to not ask the questions that are uncomfortable or pointed. Is that the measure of a true leader? He got caught up in it and he was the bigger fish to fry. Should we call this a lesson learned? I hope.