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Re: One world order is a pipe dream (was Re: UN Gets It Right!)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:46:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
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And as a question of training and development, I have seen it as a
successful technique to have recalcitrants sit in as chairs of bodies for a
while. The deeper exposure to the issues, the better understanding of what
its all about often leads to better sign on, and better performance. And it
also helps overcome the (generally well founded) concern that bodies always
led by westerners fail to appreciate the issues of other countries, and
become yet more avenues of western imperialism.
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Seriously, only a Liberal could come up with such a justification!
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You could well be right. I don’t know who came up with it.
I recall being a bit surprised myself the first time I heard it being applied in
practice. Since then I have seen it work successfully on a factory floor, in a
sales force, and in a large professional services firm. I have no reason to
doubt that it would be successful at raising average levels of performance and
reducing low flyers at the international level.
There is generally a limit in how far and how successfully you can lead people
to do what you want, even if you think its in their best interests. Beyond that
(and if the process really is in joint interests), you can recognise that the
people being led are stakeholders in the process and the outcome, and allow them
to participate in running it.
Or you can just go on complaining about the splinter in the other fellow’s eye,
and demanding that only people like you be in charge of things. People get
tired of this, and even basic levels of compliance can fall away unless you
continually raise the coercion.
Sound familiar?
Richard
Still baldly going...
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