Power - authority

Charisma is something that really creates the leadership I beleive...Their authorities are much more accepted or naturally accepted by the others. These leaders support power with rather than power over. That creates a common goal...

In my company, I belive that I'm very lucky since I am working with such a manager. He never bothers or threatens anybody by using his authority. But, he has a great influence on the team members. He always gives the message of being in a same boat.

Feedback

Today Guiseppe used a very important sentence;

"to give a feedback is very difficult as well having a feedback"

I totally agree with it... To be honest I can say, for me arder to give a negative feedback than having a feedback from someone. I'm a project manager in my company, one of my responsibilities is giving feedbacks to the project team members and their managers. I don't feel myself while I want to say something negative. I'm trying to use sandwich method means; first saying the positive thing related with the negative one, then say the negative thing followed by a positive thing. It is better for me... a person whom I share the feedbacks doesnot feel worst at least:) But I think I have to learn it:)

Empathy

Once in a training that I have attended in my company, the trainer told that "being empathatic person is much more important and effective than being a sympathic person"... he explained being empathic as responding to a friend who is so angry as" I understand you are so angry" ... In this training I could not understand the main theme... I thought it is something very meaningless. If someone respond me in that way I would be more angry...

However, In our CCM course I understand being empathic is something different. It refers to a real understanding rather than being angry together ...