Alpha's Troll and Cantarbaqash Corner LOL

[Alpha Blondy]

[Alpha Blondy]

christmas time in Hargeisa is terrible.

[Anonymous1508736700]

Ma nin baad tahay mise naag? I am kaanfused.

[Alpha Blondy]

new years can be so overated but its still a time to reflect, you know.

 

dhamaan akhyarta, have a better year than last year.

[Nin-Yaaban]

Alpha sxb sanad guuro wacan sxb. I haven't been to ur page or talked for a while. Warka soo daa

[Alpha Blondy]

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@Nin-Yaaban

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Alpha sxb sanad guuro wacan sxb. I haven't been to ur page or talked for a while. Warka soo daa

 

all is well sxb. can't complain cos complaining is futile, ma garatay?

 

how are things with you? how did you celebrate NYE?

 

 

[Alpha Blondy]

 

classic acid jazz......

[Alpha Blondy]

recently discovered this gem.

 

 

Well you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

 

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low

Only hate the road when you’re missin' home

Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go

 

Staring at the bottom of your glass

Hoping one day you'll make a dream last

But dreams come slow and they go so fast

 

You see her when you close your eyes

Maybe one day you'll understand why

Everything you touch surely dies

 

[Alpha Blondy]

 

qunyar soco walashay, ma garaneysa?

[Alpha Blondy]

[Alpha Blondy]

 

this little indian baby is only 10 months old but weights 3 stones. that's disgusting.

 

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[Alpha Blondy]

 

that's what i'm saying.....

[Alpha Blondy]

 

walking on a dream y'all.

[Alpha Blondy]

this thread has died by the looks of it.

 

oh i how i miss the old days when we'd troll the entire night. lol.

 

 

[Alpha Blondy]

WHY REAL LEADERS DON'T CARE ABOUT TITLES OR FORMALITIES REAL LEADERS CAN INSPIRE DIVERSE TEAMS TO FACE REALITY, PROBLEM-SOLVE, AND CONTRIBUTE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, NO MATTER WHAT. HERE'S HOW.

 

BY DEAN WILLIAMS

Leadership for a fractured world is a complex topic, and no single theory can do it justice.

 

Traditional leadership that relies on prominence ("look to me"), dominance ("listen to me"), and tribalizing ("follow me") to get things done isn’t working anymore. Instead the best leaders are global change agents; they’re men and women who can act with or without formal positional authority to mobilize diverse factions to face reality, participate in interdependent problem solving, and contribute to innovative solutions with focus and speed.

 

The outdated leadership modal emphasizes operating within boundaries—these leaders protect and manage boundaries. But global change agents, true leaders, aren’t afraid to cross boundaries, bust boundaries, transcend boundaries, and build bridges. Here’s what that looks like:

 

CROSSING BOUNDARIES

Interdependent problems necessitate that multiple groups in a social system be mobilized since problems can’t be brought to resolution by one group acting alone or in isolation. True leaders, then, must cross the cultural, gender, geographic, structural, and professional boundaries that separate people and groups.

 

I recently met with some managers of a large, multinational Silicon Valley IT company. They explained how a group of senior managers in the headquarters were reluctant to cross boundaries and connect with important regional and international offices to include them in important problem-solving processes. Protecting turf and resources had become more important to them than promoting interdependent problem solving.

 

BUSTING BOUNDARIES

True leaders must intervene to break up maladaptive practices and counterproductive boundaries that perpetuate silos and tribalism. Groups by nature are tribal and seek to preserve their prevailing boundaries, even at the expense of facing reality and adapting to changed conditions.

 

Boundaries play an important function in protecting groups and sustaining a group culture, but they become impediments when they reduce the flow of information and resources and keep people from facing changed conditions, dealing with threats, and taking advantage of unique and emerging opportunities.

 

In 2014 General Motors CEO Mary Barra was called before Congress to explain how a faulty ignition switch led to numerous accidents and more than 2.6 million vehicles being recalled. She made reference to an independent analysis, which revealed that GM had serious cultural flaws such as the withholding of and even the distortion of information, not to mention the "GM nod" and the "GM salute."

 

The "nod" was used by managers to indicate they agreed there was a problem but there would be no intention to follow through. The "salute" was the crossing of the arms followed by a finger pointing outward to divert responsibility elsewhere.

 

People hid behind their boundaries and perpetuated counterproductive behaviors. These practices threatened the company’s credibility, profitability, and customer safety. There was insufficient change-agent leadership at all levels of the organization to call attention to the maladaptive practices and bust the boundaries that had produced the errors.

 

TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES

Real leaders know how to help people leave the safety and confines of their home boundary and embark on an adventure of discovery—the discovery of new solutions and opportunities. The adventure might require going into the great unknown in search of creativity and innovation through the engagement of diverse people and groups. Diversity of perspectives, experience, style, and culture can be a rich resource for the promotion of creative problem solving.

 

But harnessing the power of diversity is problematic. The default behavior of groups is fundamentally tribal, as people generally prefer their own kind and find it difficult interacting with those who are significantly different—it takes effort. The global change agent, like an alchemist, approaches the challenge by experimenting to discover what the appropriate mix of diversity might be in order to generate a breakthrough result.

 

BUILDING BRIDGES

It’s vital that leaders reduce the mystery or enmity between groups on behalf of a shared sense of purpose. Humans are fragile creatures, but also competitive creatures. Our feelings easily get hurt, and we often enjoy political game playing and the creation of coalitions to advance our own interests, sometimes at the expense of others.

 

This game playing leads to fractures in groups and organizations—deep divides and hairline fractures that can expand at any time—where people refuse to collaborate and actively sabotage the intentions of others. The change agent helps groups build bridges of trust and understanding, reduce the mystery of who they are for one another, and establish a connection that opens up a new possibility for shared accomplishment.

 

This is what Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon did in 1972 when they visited China and started the bridge-building process that led to a significant thawing of, and eventual end to, the Cold War relationship that did little good for either country.

 

Becoming a global change agent is not easy, but it is essential work that companies must encourage and nurture. They neglect this work at their own peril.

 

—Dean Williams is the author of the newly released book Leadership for a Fractured World and teaches leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

 

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http://www.fastcompany.com/3044562/why-real-leaders-dont-care-about-titles-or-formalities