(08-25-2020 12:15 AM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(08-24-2020 11:19 PM)JRsec Wrote:  1. Warren didn't fail to lead. He failed to listen and more importantly to arbitrate a consensus. If anything he chose to make the decision instead of facilitating it.

I beg to differ with you sir, but as someone who has been in a leadership position if you fail to listen to those around you then you have failed to lead. You don't have to bend to their wishes, and you can still do the opposite of what they are saying if you are convinced it's the right thing to do but you sure as hell better listen or else the next time around you'll have nobody there to lead.

But at the end of the day, the conference commissioner doesn't work for or represent the ADs; he/she represents the presidents and their desires. If there is an internal spat between an AD and their president, then it should be dealt with internally at the university, not at the conference level or in public.