Replying to LO24831 --
Jim Ross & LO Colleagues -
Two "large group" strategies that work are future search conference tools
and GE's "workout," sometimes called "town meetings."
Maybe suggest to your seniors, who are perhaps "messiness averse" (wonder
if they have parented small children!?) to open up the system, listen to
"the members of the company" and walk their talk. Good luck....!
Best,
Dick Webster
Richard S. Webster, Ph.D. - President
Personal Resources Management Institute (PRMI)
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Century -New wrote:
> Just last week the area I work for announced another reorganization.
> Although, it was quickly pointed out this wasn't to be "like" the
> company-wide reorganization we went through several years back, the
> perception of reality of most employees is that it is. As a titled leader,
> I'm now in the position of having to explain something that I don't
> understand, wasn't a part of in any meaningful sense, and which I have
> some fundamental problems with.
--Richard Webster <webster.1@osu.edu>
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