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Good Friends Revisited

In: Fables and the Art of Leadership

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  • Donna D. Mitroff
  • Ian I. Mitroff

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The story of “Good Friends” is fundamentally about perspective-taking and communication. When Lady Aberlin realizes that she forgot her promise to take Daniel with her to the picnic, she readily apologizes. Her apologies don’t help to make Daniel feel better. In fact, he gets somewhat defensive after she says, “I’m really sorry, Daniel.” He asks “Are you? Are you really?” It isn’t until Lady Aberlin stops to see the situation from his perspective by asking, “Does it make you feel like we’re not really friends when you hear that I just forgot to come and pick you up?” that Daniel feels understood. After this moment of perspective-taking, he is ready to accept her explanation and apology.

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  • Donna D. Mitroff & Ian I. Mitroff, 2012. "Good Friends Revisited," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Fables and the Art of Leadership, chapter 0, pages 137-141, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-00309-6_19
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137003096_19
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