In this episode Bill and Sherrie share the different ways we use our roles to keep from forming compassionate connections with others. We also talk about the ways we can overcome negative role stereotypes, raise our self-image, and self-esteem.

The different roles we create for ourselves can help and hinder the social purpose culture movement. They may create barriers that lead to miscommunication and misunderstandings. Positions of authority are a common way roles can interfere with building a new culture.

Here are a few examples:

Police

It is sometimes easy to see police as being against us.  They are not supposed to be. But years of real corruption, misdeeds and secrecy have led to a general sense of mistrust in many communities across the country and the world.

Parents

Parents share their world vision with their children, but often miss opportunities for children to learn important lessons for themselves.

Teachers/School Administrators

Teaches and admins are tasked with getting our children ready to meet the worlds challenges in different ways, but fall short. We have literally set them up to fail.

Government Officials

We have a system that WE built that makes it very difficult to get things done which leads to bad policy and an invitation to corruption.

Politicians

We elect our officials to represent us, but the system is set up to favor special interests. 90 % of the time, they are raising money for the next campaign instead of focusing on governing.

Business Executives

Greed and profit at all costs. Poor company culture. Workplace bullying. Operating for their own self-interests.

Critics

Critics are first to offer opinions last to lift a hand to actually solve a problem. We point to a victim mentality.

If the universal view on leadership is exerting power and control over others we lose the opportunity for  engaging dialogue and working together to solve problems. In fact, we hinder it.
Resource
The article about the hug between a police officer and the demonstrator can be found at The Oregonian (http://www.oregonlive.com/multimedia/index.ssf/2014/11/photo_police_officer_and_citiz.html).