- I have colleagues in leadership roles who go out of their way to avoid interpersonal conflict Archived Message
Posted by dan
on January 25, 2021, 6:58 am, in reply to "Re: What went wrong with the "Corbyn Project'"
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Even when it means institutional problems persist. I've never had a formal leadership role but I have spent some time looking at team psychology. Keith calls it cowardice but I think some people genuinely value reduced conflict over results. Corbyn was thrust into a role for which he was unsuited. Not because he didn't have a vision which millions could sign up to but because he wasn't equipped in any way to play hardball. I also think Gramsci had it right with cultural hegemony. He came to that formulation after seeing factory workers having taken over a factory give it back to the bosses because they didn't know what to do with it. If Corbyn had won the party through struggle and had always aimed to kick out the right he might have made a difference but that was never his aim. His long status of being a masochist in a sado-masochistic relation (Fromm) to the rest of the Labour party didn't set him up for power. He just kept on being a masochist. It's very sad but I hope a valuable lesson. The Labour party is a fetish. Cheers, dan |