It’s time to admit we don’t know. The way to know isn’t ideology. It’s relationships. - Trevor Ruddock Black Fight hard, win the election, overstate your mandate, overreach – rinse and repeat. It happened with President Bush after his 3.5 million-vote second-term victory, “I earned capital in this campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it.” Similarly, with President Obama after winning a second term, his comments were summarized by the Washington Post: “I won. Deal with it.” Invasion of Iraq, ramming through ObamaCare absent bi-partisan support, numerous executive orders – too often our leaders have translated election wins into ideological agendas that exceed their mandate.
More than half of Americans say the 2016 election is a major source of stress. - American Psychological Association 10/13/16 Much of the stress associated with the Presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton can be attributed to how two different types of groups — teams and tribes — have run-amok. In fact, much of employee disengagement in business, church defections from denominations and institutional distrust emanates from dysfunction within tribal and team-oriented groups and their leaders. Leadership guru and former Navy Seal team-leader Clint Bruce describes four levels of group organizations: gaggle — no identity or order; group — some identity but minimal commitmen
