On 2nd October I did a post On Respect, one that I featured a 5-minute speech by a USAF Lt. General. Reactions to the post were positive in many ways with several comments mentioning that respect starts at the top.
Yes – respect starts at the top of each family teaching others the meaning of respect while modeling respectful behaviors.
Yes – respect starts at the top in every school classroom with its teacher leading the way.
Yes – respect starts at the top in every school building with its principal dealing with the staff and students.
Yes – respect starts at the top in every school district with top leadership in their dealing with the district staff and the community it serves.
Yes – respect starts at the top of every group, department, section, division, and headquarter of every corporation across the world.
Yes – respect starts at the top of every customer service organization as it deals with the public it serves.
Embed from Getty ImagesYes – respect starts at the top of every local, state, and national government entity on how it deals with its constituents and opponents.
Yes – respects at the top, and President Trump displays more disrespect than any American leader in my lifetime. He’s a pathetic role model, but he is not a reason to disrespect nor he is the cause of disrespect.
Yes – respect starts at the top for individuals in every human encounter regardless of background, position, gender, ethnicity, age, religion, skin color, and more.
Yes – respect starts at the top when one says Respect your elders – but that doesn’t give the elders the right to disrespect – nor does elder status command automatic respect.
Yes – respect starts at the top of every human encounter – but “the customer is always right” doesn’t mean the customer can be disrespectful to customer service employees.
Yes – respect starts at the top – but there are many tops, and each of us are top in many situations.
Yes – respect starts at the top – and each of us are at the top – Respect starts with yourself, then one can respect others.
Yes – respect start at the top of each individual – in the head containing a brain – the center of all choices each person makes in personal and cyber encounters.
A person is a person – no matter how small. (Dr. Seuss)
A Frank Angle 