{"id":4862,"date":"2015-09-05T16:55:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T23:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=4862"},"modified":"2015-09-05T16:55:59","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T23:55:59","slug":"playground-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/career-advice\/on-the-job\/playground-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Playground Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/career-advice\/on-the-job\/playground-power\/attachment\/playground\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4863\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/playground.jpg\" alt=\"playground\" width=\"427\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/playground.jpg 500w, 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to yell out \u201cgood job!\u201d to the great achievement one of the kids would invariably, often repeatedly, insist I see right then.<\/p>\n<p>As my kids arrived to the unoccupied swing set\u2014thankfully, a four-swing configuration, meaning every one of my brood had a place to ride\u2014I noticed how easily the older and more experienced kids helped the younger ones get started, by pushing them from behind to get their momentum.\u00a0\u00a0In an instant, they were all eagerly going back and forth,\u00a0<em>creating their own energy<\/em>\u00a0and enjoying their place and time among the group.<\/p>\n<p>Then, almost as suddenly, one of them called out to the others to see who could \u2018jump\u2019 off the swing and land the farthest out front.\u00a0\u00a0Just like that; I realized the same simple and supportive environment where acts of helping one another had become\u00a0<em>competitive<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This competition evolved as they all grew interested in playing something else, and I noticed that the one who had \u2018won\u2019 the \u201cleaping\u201d contest (also known as the \u2018Let\u2019s scare Dad\u2019 activity), persuaded the rest into an obstacle course-like run through of the climber and tubes and slides.\u00a0\u00a0It was interesting to see how immediately the winner had been granted some degree of additional<em>\u00a0power<\/em>\u00a0for the results of the last activity.\u00a0\u00a0Now, this was an important distinction, because it was not the oldest who won that little leaping contest\u2014but the\u00a0<em>third oldest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, after two just two \u2018events\u2019, I\u2019d seen some rather compelling illustrations.\u00a0\u00a0First, I saw how willing everyone was to help one another when the group began at the same time on a common activity.\u00a0\u00a0Then I saw how equally quick a common opportunity to participate could evolve into a competitive process.\u00a0\u00a0Moreover, it illustrated how a group could defer to one among itself because of a singular success and not necessarily because the \u2018leader\u2019 (winner) had demonstrated a particularly important or larger skill-set or expertise for the future needs or desires of the group.<\/p>\n<p>Then it really hit me.<\/p>\n<p>In our own organizations we, too, can fall prey and too quickly seek the opinion of someone who has had a recent, singular or specific success but who also may be ill-prepared to truly understand the needs of the organization or group as we approach a new goal.\u00a0\u00a0Similar to\u00a0<em>Groupthink,\u00a0<\/em>this underscores the influence personal experiences of others in our organizations can have.\u00a0\u00a0It also caused me to understand how as young children that same influence can have a lasting effect in the way we perceive or identify leaders.<\/p>\n<p>What we really should help develop among groups is the ability to create and share their own opportunities for success, as well as opportunities-as-a-leader, so that 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