Re: [Wikimedia-l] What is the Board's HR Committee doing to stem the tide of staff resignations?

[Florence Devouard]

Le 18/02/16 21:38, Brion Vibber a écrit :

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak 
  wrote:



On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Brion Vibber 
  wrote:


What is the board doing, going forward, to stem the tide of staff
resignations?



  We have started with an engagement survey, and organizational facilitator
analysis. More and more current input can be provided by Patricio or others
from the Board's HR Committee, but there is also a lot of work done by the
HR department, under its new leadership.



Patricio, can you add more details here please?

The engagement survey in November showed very, very low support for the
Executive Director. I'm not sure what "organizational facilitator analysis"
is, but if it's related to the management coaching for Lila, there are some
unanswered emails on the staff list which are very discouraging. I can
forward them to you if you are unaware.

As a longtime part of Wikimedia's community and staff, I would really
appreciate some clear answers on what's going on and why we're losing more
and more longtime community and staff members while an ED who needs
management coaching is still in place.

-- brion


Coaching which might or might not help if the whole situation is a case 
of Peter Principle in action.


Florence



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] What is the Board's HR Committee doing to stem the tide of staff resignations?

[Sam Klein]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 10:35 PM, MZMcBride  wrote:
>
> My respect for the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation has only
> grown seeing the restraint and maturity with which you all have acted.
>

This.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] What is the Board's HR Committee doing to stem the tide of staff resignations?

[Milos Rancic]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 9:38 PM, Brion Vibber  wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak 
>>  We have started with an engagement survey, and organizational facilitator
>> analysis. More and more current input can be provided by Patricio or others
>> from the Board's HR Committee, but there is also a lot of work done by the
>> HR department, under its new leadership.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. There is familiar story about Ark B, so
giving just a random conversation from the Chapter 31:

"So what else have you done?" he inquired after the celebrations had died down.
"We have started a culture," said the marketing girl.
"Oh yes?" said Ford.
"Yes. One of our film producers is already making a fascinating
documentary about the indigenous cavemen of the area."
"They're not cavemen."
"They look like cavemen."
"Do they live in caves?"
"Well ..."
"They live in huts."
"Perhaps they're having their caves redecorated," called out a wag
from the crowd.

-- 
Milos

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] What is the Board's HR Committee doing to stem the tide of staff resignations?

[MZMcBride]

Brion Vibber wrote:
>As a longtime part of Wikimedia's community and staff, I would really
>appreciate some clear answers on what's going on and why we're losing more
>and more longtime community and staff members while an ED who needs
>management coaching is still in place.

Please know that many other longtime Wikimedians are (now) paying close
attention. To this mailing list, to blog comments, to the wikis, etc.
There's certainly no shortage of places for discussion. :-)  I expect the
immediate issue to resolve itself in the next few weeks. Non-profits move
notoriously slowly and the Wikimedia Foundation is no exception in this
regard. My respect for the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation has only
grown seeing the restraint and maturity with which you all have acted.

MZMcBride



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[Wikimedia-l] What is the Board's HR Committee doing to stem the tide of staff resignations?

[Brion Vibber]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak 
 wrote:

>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Brion Vibber 
>  wrote:
>
>> What is the board doing, going forward, to stem the tide of staff
>> resignations?
>>
>
>  We have started with an engagement survey, and organizational facilitator
> analysis. More and more current input can be provided by Patricio or others
> from the Board's HR Committee, but there is also a lot of work done by the
> HR department, under its new leadership.
>

Patricio, can you add more details here please?

The engagement survey in November showed very, very low support for the
Executive Director. I'm not sure what "organizational facilitator analysis"
is, but if it's related to the management coaching for Lila, there are some
unanswered emails on the staff list which are very discouraging. I can
forward them to you if you are unaware.

As a longtime part of Wikimedia's community and staff, I would really
appreciate some clear answers on what's going on and why we're losing more
and more longtime community and staff members while an ED who needs
management coaching is still in place.

-- brion
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