‘Just a’ leader or a leader who is just?

Deb Mills-Scofield

“What if we modify the culture to recognize people fairly, based on their work, effort, passion and results, as individuals and teams?”

For the Smart Blog on Leadership, Deb Mills-Scofield offers an insightful perspective (and grammar lesson) on the difference between being “just a” leader and being “a just” leader”: treatment that is fair versus equal and a focus on “I” versus “you.”

Her piece resonated with my own interest in social intelligence and Skillful Means at work (and the wordplay in her introduction was a real attention grabber).