Elwin, This sounds to me like something requiring some quiet reflection time by yourself, listening to your inner wisdom. It is an ethical matter and only you can know what it is that is right for you.
Birgitt Williams -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Elwin and Joan Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:31 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: OST for Office Conflict. Yes or No? Dear Colleagues, A few days back, while I was on assignment in Ethiopia, a consulting firm I have long association with emailed to say they needed me to cover a 2 day management training and team building job with a US Gov’t office in DC. Fair enough I thought. The consulting firm knows me well and our history together has always been one of success. I asked for and received a Statement of Work (SOW) that was the usual referencing of interactive approaches to building cooperation, respect and a sense of teamwork. Based on the SOW, I wrote a proposal for a 1 1/2 day Open Space conference with the theme, “Looking for Opportunities to Improve Our Teamwork”. The proposal was accepted by the client. I am now Stateside. I just talked with the client and things look pretty ugly. I now know the “real” interest in this exercise is to get rid of one or two of the office employees. These two people are viewed by a new management (my clients) as subversives, if not terrorists. The new boss wants them “gone.” In 5 days I am scheduled to do this Open Space with six employees including the boss. I am not at all reluctant to change my proposal and do my “hard hat” management consultant routine. On the other hand this might be a perfect OST opportunity. What say you? eg Elwin Guild Future Development International Baltimore elwinandj...@yahoo.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/432 - Release Date: 8/29/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/432 - Release Date: 8/29/2006 * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
