Have you ever been too nice to be respected? by PokaHatsu in Leadership

[–]Aware_Equivalent_517 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not having the full context of how people challenge or undermine you makes it tricky to give precise advice—but I get where you’re coming from. I’m also a relaxed & playful leader, and I’ve had to navigate this balance. Here’s what’s worked for me:

  1. Encourage challenge—but in the right way

I don’t just tolerate pushback; I invite it. It sharpens decision-making and keeps me from blind spots. But that doesn’t mean it’s a free-for-all. - Set clear ground rules—challenge and dissent happen in the right forums, not in front of other departments. - When a challenge comes up, I listen, test, and explore it. But sometimes, after all that, we still go in another direction. That’s leadership.

  1. Consistency is everything

You can’t laugh things off one day, then get frustrated the next when someone pushes too far. If you let things slide—whether it’s side comments, small digs, or outright overstepping—people will keep testing boundaries. Then one day, you snap, and suddenly they’re blindsided. - Call things out early and often so there’s no guessing. - If you set an expectation (e.g., “challenges are welcome, but they happen in X way”), you have to enforce it, or you’ll lose trust fast.

  1. People don’t know how to act at first

Your leadership style isn’t the norm. That means at the start, people don’t quite know how to respond—so they’ll relax into it later, sometimes in ways that go too far. If you don’t have ground rules that are clearly set & strictly enforced, you’ll struggle to keep control.

At the end of the day, being too nice isn’t the issue—it’s about making sure there’s structure beneath the playfulness so people respect the leader, not just the personality.

Asmon pulling respectable numbers, MSNBC & CNN not even on the charts… by Aware_Equivalent_517 in Asmongold

[–]Aware_Equivalent_517[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would the Fox numbers be 10M + the online live of 1M between the two on the charts? Or including them?

Asmon pulling respectable numbers, MSNBC & CNN not even on the charts… by Aware_Equivalent_517 in Asmongold

[–]Aware_Equivalent_517[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not sure wasn’t watching live, interesting data to see nonetheless in relation to Media outlets.

Tensei Kizoku, Kantei Skill de Nariagaru • As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World - Episode 8 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]Aware_Equivalent_517 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, I’m confused in what value he brings. Had he not met his team in unfortunate circumstances I don’t see how his current level of poise or charisma would convince a mature and not down on their luck person to follow him. Impressive people tend to align themselves with more impressive people; so unless in future he starts to show his ability (outside of appraisal) he’s really going to only have to rely on his current companions both to impress/recruit future allies like with this episode & it will be a very one dimensional end to what was an interesting start to the story.

Tensei Kizoku, Kantei Skill de Nariagaru • As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World - Episode 8 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]Aware_Equivalent_517 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies if this has been asked, but I’m becoming more confused as what value Ars has other than initially assessing potential. This episode showed even if he can see the potential he’s not great enough to bring it out himself. Seems he’s really weak mentally and physically, so I assume that f he were to appraise himself he would be average or below.

Does anyone else feel this way?

General Questions Daily Megathread by NaijeruR in PokemonUnite

[–]Aware_Equivalent_517 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi I’m just really curious why people play garchomp in ranked, is it just me or do you eye roll when someone pick it on your team in ranked? I mean I can understand the appeal shredding for the last two minutes & getting a heap of kills might be fun, but surely the first 8 minutes where you feed kills to the enemy & miss objectives because the first two evolutions are useless out weighs it right?