Political Correctness Can Hurt Leadership
By its very nature, politically correct thinking is most often disingenuous, if not altogether intellectually dishonest. Politically correct thinking replaces individuality and authentic opinions with socially acceptable rhetoric and watered-down behavioral tendencies. In the good ‘ole days most conversations consisted of unpredictable, highly charged, and stimulating discourse—you know the ones, where people were encouraged to openly share their true thoughts and opinions.
The irony of politically correct thinking is that a society void of individual thought actually creates the opposite of diversity. It is, in fact, politically correct thinking that results in a brainwashed group of sheep that completely lack diversity as a result of a generification of thoughts and actions.
The dark secret behind politically correct thinking is that it slowly dulls your senses and neuters your innate ability to be discerning. Leaders shouldn’t want to hear what you think they want you to say, or what you think you should say, but rather they should want to hear what you’re really thinking. Have you ever sat in a meeting where all parties sit around the table with a deer in the headlights look trying to figure out how to dance around an issue rather than address it head-on? It is this type of issue that pollutes our culture, stifles innovation, undermines our productivity, and sentences those who embrace politically correct thinking to a life of mediocrity.
Leadership should be much more than a test of one’s ability to excel at playing dodge ball.
--Adapted from The Coaching and Leadership Journal
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