An Enigma of Leadership
While we're talking about officers I would like to discuss an enigma in the process.
One of my officers once told me that being and officer was hard. Not because of the responsibilities, but because of the reactions of the fellow guild-mates. They commented that once they became an officer the friends they once had in the guild became distant. This came from one of the most open officers I've had so it wasn't that they were ignoring their friends while performing their officer duties.
This isn't the first time I've seen this either. More often that not when someone becomes and officer their in-game guilded friends start distancing themselves from them.
In a lot of cases this can be a problem. For instance, when that person that served as an unofficial sounding board becomes an officer for that very reason. After they are promoted suddenly they aren't the person that everyone goes to for advice anymore.
I guess this isn't really an enigma solely in-game as I've heard about it in situations outside the game, but it is something I never really understood. Regardless, this is definitely something you may want to consider when reviewing officer applications, or for yourself if you are a candidate for an officer position. There have been a few times in which I have voted against a perfectly capable candidate because of this. Sometimes a person is more valuable as a member than as an officer.
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