{"id":2264,"date":"2014-03-11T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2014-04-22T10:58:49","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T17:58:49","slug":"sprint-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/career-advice\/sprint-courage\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sprint to Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/career-advice\/sprint-courage\/attachment\/john-carlos-skipworth\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2266\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/john.carlos.skipworth.jpg\" alt=\"john.carlos.skipworth\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/john.carlos.skipworth.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/john.carlos.skipworth-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a>Several years ago while facilitating a leadership course, I had the privilege to meet and converse at length with former United States Track &amp; Field sprinter and 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalist <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Carlos\" target=\"_blank\">John Carlos<\/a>.\u00a0You may remember well the lasting image of John, his teammate Tommie Smith (Gold Medalist), and Australian Peter Norman (Silver), as the three men stood upon the medal platform following their 200-meter race in Mexico City in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>As John and I spoke about that day, and that moment, I was in awe of the sense of conviction for which he described his decision to join Tommie Smith in such an outward statement in order to bring greater attention to African-American poverty in the United States at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, I was profoundly impressed by the change John Carlos had already brought about\u00a0<i>before the 1968 Olympic Games had even begun.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Through his effort that came to be known as the \u2018Olympic Project for Human Rights\u2019 (\u201dOPHR\u201d), this medal ceremony would be the lasting impression John Carlos would provide.\u00a0\u00a0The protest demonstrated by John and Tommie Smith was actually the final\u2014and certainly most powerful\u2014piece of a series of actions that John had sought leading up to the games.\u00a0\u00a0And although some requests made by OPHR prior to those Olympic Games were not met by the International Olympic Committee, one significant request was:\u00a0\u00a0The invitations to the countries of South America and Rhodesia were withdrawn by the IOC, and those countries did not appear in the 1968 Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">John Carlos\u2019 vision of this higher goal was focused upon where he understood he could make a difference.\u00a0\u00a0In this role, John saw that he had both an opportunity to bring more attention and opportunity to act to the issue of those in greatest need, and a responsibility to use his own opportunity for a much more worthy purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Many years later, this concept was presented in a highly insightful form through Ira Chaleff\u2019s book,\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Courageous Follower<\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">.\u00a0\u00a0In that book, Chaleff outlined seven core forms of courage that a partner-follower within an organization must possess in order to truly advance the organization.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Chaleff emphasized this by stating:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u201cCourage is the great balancer of power in relationships. \u00a0An individual, who is not afraid to speak and act on the truth as she perceives it, despite external inequities in a relationship, is a force to be reckoned with.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Most specifically, John Carlos chose to demonstrate<\/strong><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<i>the courage to challenge<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">; a willingness to voice concern when a leader\u2019s or group\u2019s behaviors or policies conflict with the follower\u2019s sense of what is right.\u00a0\u00a0John Carlos recognized a time and venue for him to voice his concerns regarding the insufficiencies of\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">his<\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0organization\u2014his country\u2014in seeking remedies to the poor.\u00a0\u00a0And in a very rare instance, John Carlos chose to challenge his organization at the precise moment of the very pinnacle of his athletic career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">To achieve this level of commitment to the purpose of the organization, each of us must pursue two actions continually:\u00a0\u00a0First, it is important that each member of the organization remain equally committed to actively demonstrating their highest values and see that the organization demonstrates its values as well.\u00a0\u00a0Secondly, it is important that we continually assess the values we and the organization each hold, and make certain that they remain in alignment.\u00a0\u00a0Should these values one day become different, it is important to swiftly understand how and why these differences or changes have occurred, and then recommit ourselves to the higher of those.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">For most of us, the responsibility to challenge our organizations is likely not to hold the potential for the intensity, diversity and volume of reactions that John Carlos and Tommie Smith experienced.\u00a0\u00a0It is however no less important for us as individuals to show our genuine commitment to our respective organizations.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And to fully commit ourselves to our organizations, we must possess and call upon our courage to challenge our organizations to make sure the highest goals we share with our organizations are being achieved.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several years ago while facilitating a leadership course, I had the privilege to meet and converse at length with former United States Track &amp; 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