In “Rare Leadership in the Workplace,” authors Marcus Warner and Jim Wilder unpack RARE as an acronym for how to become a mature leader. The first R stands for “Remain Relational.”
While in public accounting, a manager thought I had undermined her authority. Instead of rebuking me personally and appropriately, I was called into the office so a partner and this manager could humiliate and belittle me.
If she had remained relational, I would have learned the necessary lesson and corrected course. Instead, humiliated and angry, I quit.
Ephesians 4:32 says, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
When problems surface at work, they can be handled as tasks, or you can remain relational, solving the problem without damaging the relationship.
