Gasoline or Water is a leadership parable, credited to John C. Maxwell's Go for Gold, about whether a leader's response to a problem makes it worse or puts it out.
As a potential leader you are either an asset or a liability to the organization.
"When there's a problem, a 'fire' in the organization, you as a leader are often the first to arrive at the scene. You have in your hands two buckets. One contains water and the other contains gasoline. The 'spark' before you will either become a greater problem because you pour the gasoline on it, or it will be extinguished because you use the bucket of water."
Every person within your organization also carries two buckets. The question a leader needs to ask is, "Am I training them to use the gasoline, or the water?"
Conveyed to the 📝Robin Healthcare management team by 📝Adam Okeson.