THE CAMPFIRE LEADER + THE FENCE-BUILDER

The Fire and the Fence

Warmth and standards. The pair that makes a team both safe and fair.

Where you’re strong together

The Campfire Leader makes people feel they belong; the Fence-Builder makes sure everyone's held to the same line. Belonging without standards drifts. Standards without belonging goes cold. Between you, people feel looked after and treated fairly.

Where you’ll grind

This is the classic tension: the person versus the rule. The Campfire Leader wants to bend it for someone who's struggling; the Fence-Builder worries that bending it once means it's gone for good.

WHAT THE CAMPFIRE LEADER NEEDS FROM THE FENCE-BUILDER

Explain the why behind the rule, so I can explain it to people kindly.

WHAT THE FENCE-BUILDER NEEDS FROM THE CAMPFIRE LEADER

Back the standard when it's tested — even when it's unpopular.

ONE CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING

When did a rule and a person clash — and who should have won?
A LESSON FROM THE LANDWater the Stock First“Healthy people build healthy systems.”Look after your people first — healthy people build healthy systems. Then build the system that keeps them healthy.Read the lesson

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