I remember back in Psych 101, watching a video of the Milgram Experiment in which the researcher asked people to administer an electrical shock to another person (who was really just an actor pretending to get shocked). Milgram was trying to figure out to what degree people respond to authority. The results were, excuse the pun, shocking! 65% of the people administered the full shock of 450 Volts to someone “with a heart condition”.

It got me thinking about Susan’s new book, Fierce Leadership – A Bold Alternative To The Worst “Best” Practices Of Business Today. Have we been assuming the worst best practices are “best” because someone in authority with lots of letters after their name deemed them to be? Or were they “best” because there was nothing better? Why would the Fierce alternatives be any better? How can you tell?

I would suggest looking at the results your practices are producing and then ask yourself, “How is that working for me?”

by Cam

Tags: best practice, Fierce Leadership, Milgram Experiment

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