Roxanne Abbas wrote:
> I am working with a company that is striving to make a culture shift in
> conjunction with a total quality initiative. The CEO is aware that he is
> stuck in an outdated mental model related to his view of the role of
> management vs. workers and he is looking for an executive development
> experience that would help him understand and appreciate the benefits of
> employee involvement and empowerment. He seems to have a deep conviction
> that blue collar workers want to work as little as possible for as much
> pay as possible. He doesn't trust them or believe that they care about
> the organization, so why would he give them any power. He dosn't talk
> with the people and is not open to coaching but is eager to go to an 4-5
> day executive development course. Any recommendations?
Roxanne,
I have a sense that your CEO recognises some fundamental needs of his own.
A programme that might move him forward a long way is the INSEAD AVIRA 5
day programme. I quote from the programme objectives:
QUOTE
The objective is to increae your capacity to master- in a proactive and
responsible way - the complexity of your task in an uncertain global
environment through:
better use of your personal resources, via increased awareness of yourself
and of your environment dynamics
deeper insight into your vision of the world, of organisations, and of
society
a greater capacity to imagine other alternatives, other logics and
scenarios by challenging your vision and confornting you with peers form
different cultures and leading figures from outside the business community
improving your understanding of the complex interdependency between
responsibility and action at the top level
a more effective use of knowledge (your own and that of others) in your
decision making process and taking action
END QUOTE
The programme takes 20 particiapants and runs four times a year twice in
France and once each in Singapore and California.
The IMSEAD web site is http://www.insead.fr
Bob
--Bob Janes <Bob.Janes@Webster-and-Janes.co.uk>
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