50 million men worldwide have had a vasectomy — what lessons can we learn from them and how can they be linked to leadership styles?
Since becoming a parent in January 2016, I have become a bit of a leadership junkie. Never before have I realised how influential what I say and do can be. Sure, I am an educator, I have held a variety of management positions, and I am now also a writer. But the stakes are higher when the person you lead is your daughter.
She is watching how I treat her mother, how I manage my emotions, how I put on my shoes, and repeating what I say and how I say it.
What’s frustrating is I have always been a leader, we all are, but I was not doing it with intent. If you communicate with anyone in any way, you have influence. If you have influence, you are by default a leader.
This brings us to the vasectomy.
So what are the leadership lessons we can learn from a procedure that may cause your scrotum (ball sack) to become bruised, swollen, and/or painful, with some men having ongoing pain in their testicles for the rest of their lives?
1: Full Monty Leadership
Dov Baron, leadership consultant, believes leaders are like the heroes from the stories we see in books and on screen. As heroes we…
