Gordon Housworth wrote:
> Roxanne:
>
> At 13:42 1/10/1997, Roxanne Abbas wrote:
> >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stuck in an outdated mental model related to his view of the role of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.
2 Aesop's Fables came to mind, reading your posting Roxanne, and the
variety of responses it received.
the first fable:
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The Wolf and the Lamb
Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside, when,
looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a
little lower down. "There's my supper," thought he, "if only I can find
some excuse to seize it." Then he called out to the Lamb, "How dare you
muddle the water from which I am drinking?"
"Nay, master, nay," said Lambikin; "if the water be muddy up there, I
cannot be the cause of it, for it runs down from you to me."
"Well, then," said the Wolf, "why did you call me bad names this time
last year?"
"That cannot be," said the Lamb; "I am only six months old."
"I don't care," snarled the Wolf; "if it was not you it was your
father;" and with that he rushed upon the poor little Lamb and, WARRA
WARRA WARRA WARRA WARRA, ate her all up. But before she died she gasped
out,
"Any excuse will serve a tyrant."
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the second fable:
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The Lion's Share
The Lion went once a-hunting along with the Fox, the Jackal, and the
Wolf. They hunted and they hunted till at last they surprised a Stag,
and soon took its life. Then came the question how the spoil should be
divided. "Quarter me this Stag," roared the Lion; so the other animals
skinned it and cut it into four parts. Then the Lion took his stand in
front of the carcass and
pronounced judgment: The first quarter is for me in my capacity as King
of Beasts; the second is mine as arbiter; another share comes to me for
my part in the chase; and as for the fourth quarter, well, as for that,
I should like to see which of you will dare to lay a paw upon it."
"Humph," grumbled the Fox as he walked away with his tail between his
legs; but he spoke in a low growl.
"You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the
spoil."
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things haven't changed too much, have they.
Doc
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