On 12 Aug 96 at 19:55, Debbie Broome wrote:
> Bravo! Somebody said it (I didn't have the guts). Blaming is a
> characteristic of all unhealthy systems...families, relationships.
> Organizations are no different since all of the same components are
> present. I ran across and interesting little quiz by UK authors Mike
> Pedler, John Burgoyne, Tom Boydell in a book entitled, "The Learning
> Company." The quiz was aptly titled "Organizational Toxicity Index
> (OTI).
Interesting! About two years ago, we wrote a good deal on the topic, and
if I recall, published something similar as a sort of toxic organization
checklist...it wasn't designed to be scientific but to stimulate thought
on the subject on the part of managers and execs.
> As a manager, I continually try to stay open to critiques concerning
> how I may be impacting the organization and people. To be perfectly
> honest, it is difficult not to get defensive at times, even in
> subtle ways. How does one begin to discuss the undiscussables?
Amen, Mama!!!! I think it's a good question, but you know, I think how one
begins depends on the specific issue at hand. One thing I have become
convinced of is that the path to [fill in your choice, success,
leadership, learning, etc), is paved with individual bricks, each
different. In other words, the key is to look at macro behaviour, on an
everyday level.
Robert Bacal, CEO, Institute For Cooperative Communication
dbt359@freenet.mb.ca, Located in Winnipeg,Canada.
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