Dear Jaime, My first thought reading your mail was to take a theme like "How do we succesfully integrate 500 new collegues in a very short time frame ? which is a relevant, important but maybe non-threatening issue. (Of course, other things will come up)
But you wrote the remaining top managerial team is still oriented to a vertical, traditional way of having things done. To what extent do you sense they would be interested in other options ? And do they have any serious problems they know they are not in control of ? In some cases where I felt they were interested I have tried to get more time with them before the meeting which sometimes led to a more open space. On the other hand if they feel they are in control, know the solution ............... ? Greetings from Gerard Muller Open Space institute Denmark Jaime Pedreros Fitzgerald wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > I have been requested by the National Tax Authoriry in > Bolivia to prepare and conduct a participative meeting > in order to gather input, comments, suggestions and > similar information for what would be called "ethic > code" for these public servants. Several restrictions > habe aroused i.e. > 1) In the first -preliminar- meeting, will participate > some 20 people, mainly related to the tax-payers > service and orientation area. > 2) Top level executives will not be involved; however, > they could receive one of the most suggestive and > impressive invitations ever thought. > 3) The intention of this participative meeting is to > make contributions "from the trenches" to a foreign > consulting company, so the (in the range of six > digits) contract will reflect reality and committment > from the people who actually will apply the code. > > Your suggestions are welcome and will engage my > special gratitude. > > Jaime > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Información de Estados Unidos y América Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. > Visítanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
