In James G. Clawson's Case Study A Leader's Guide to Why People Behave the Way They Are leaders are deeply influenced by their parents. One of the key takeaways from Clawson's article is how parents can potentially have a lasting effect on a child's outlook that can influence them later in life as adults. When children are born, they are born without any kind of self-created perception, instead their perceptions and impressions are things that children acquire along the way from their parents. This in turn can cause most adults to interpret situations differently from one another. Clawson explains how, to resolve any type of conflict, leaders must be able to understand core values or “VABE” (Values, Assumptions, Beliefs and Expectations). ) of people in conflict. For example, if a person is angry, we may assume that something wrong has been done that conflicts with their core values, and as leaders we must do our best to understand people's VABEs to best solve a problem. Depending on how a parent raised them...
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