From each accorsing to their ability, from each accorsing to their needs. She came right out and said it: equality is not enough; everyone must be made equal.
That is not even close to what she said. Evidently, English is not your first language. She said equity is not equality. I can explain it to you pretty easily. Equality is when everyone gets to the same place. Equality comes at the end. Equity comes at the beginning, everyone starts in the same place.
I mean the Army must be the most Communist outfit in the flippin world. I believe they have once again adopted what was a very successful recruiting slogan, "Be all that you can be". That is the equity that Harris is talking about.
There is really no such thing as equality. Different people have different skillsets. A real leader understands the strengths and weaknesses of the people he leads. He adapts to those, he puts himself last, his people first, and he makes each of them the best they can be. Trump is no leader. He puts himself first, throws anyone and everyone under the bus if it pushes him forward. He belittles, he chastises, he brings people down, he doesn't build them up. Is Harris a leader? No, she has her own set of problems. Not policy problems, she just doesn't know how to lead people, the turnover in her own administration is a crying case in point. But then again, what was Trump's turnover rate?
Honestly, I think our political system precludes a real leader ever showing up. But I will give you an example of real leadership. I am a rainmaker, a highly sought out leader. A change-agent of the highest degree. I have built teams across a spectrum of industries over the last twenty years. Highly successful teams, record breaking teams that deliver unparallel results.
Think of the movie "Road House", how it opens. I am no cooler, but I get my jobs the same way. I turn a place around, some dude shows up and wants me to do the same for him, I check out and do it all over again. I remember way back when, studying for that first degree. Professor asks, you have someone that is very good and turning things around. Do you reward him by giving him a cushy job with a great crew or do you send him to another hell hole to turn things around. The whole class was like, "you reward him". I flipped shit. Professor asked me to elaborate. I calmly explained that you were not rewarding him, you were punishing him. Let him do what he does best--does that sound familiar? Right here in this thread, leadership.
But anyways, I am one month into a new gig, leaving success behind, but circumstances beyond my control have required me to kind of burn the candle at both end. Holding the hand of the leader that took my place while walking into some of the worst conditions I have ever witnessed. But I have made some progress.
I have a part time guy, young, works like a damn beast. Found out he is headed back to college, can only work every other weekend. Yesterday I asked the guys, where does he go to college, none of them knew. This morning, I asked him. Turns out, he is a senior at UNCC, mechanical engineering. I asked him about his senior project, he says he wants something in energy, but they seem to be rather rare. He has two weeks to pick one. I whip out my phone and shoot a text to my son. Five minutes later, done deal, project in energy. Shoot another text, internship--nope, not in my son's division, but he will check with the other divisions, all energy related.
Yeah, I will probably lose him. But until he leaves, well like all my charges, he will walk through fire for me. But even more importantly, everyone there this morning saw that. They saw me put him first and myself last. I solidly have them all behind me. That is leadership.
