>"The lax and lazy must be dealt with, but retirement is not necessarily the answer. We would be rewarding those that are doing nothing. However, early retirement being part, a small part, of an overall plan could work. Intensive training for others, and for the rest... Simply do not allow them to sign up for another tour. That way they are out and poor performance is not rewarded." Kettering offered. > >Second Fleet's Adjudent added, "You can start by taking back some of your dead wood, Admiral. Give those you robbed something to help their efforts to rebuild and rejuvenate(sp) their own commands." > >Second Fleet's statements were welcomed by a fair sized group in the assembled.
"What we need," said Kitanya, "is cooperrration and teamworrrk. As I said beforrre, *all* of us have perrrsonnel prrroblems. If individual commanderrrs exchange theirrr poorrr perrrforrmerrs forrr otherrr's talent, all we have is a rrredistrrribution of garrrbage. We have got to starrrt thinking like a grrroup, to build coalitions, to build interrr-command worrrking grrroups that identify poorrr perrrforrmerrs and worrrk togetherrr to rrretrrain orrr get them out of the fleet. We cannot go about this as indivisuals. We must do this togetherrr orrr not at all. Second Fleet, you'rrre thinking about ways rrright now to get rrrid of the people Admirrral Ketterrring sent to you. But who arrre you going to give them to? Sixth Fleet? What arrre they supposed to do with them? And wherrre is Explorrration Command supposed to get new talent?" She paused, shaking her head. "This individualism has got to stop. I prrropose that we orrrganize an interrr-command worrking grrroup rrright now, tonight. The memberrrs of that grrroup should agrrree to identify prrroblem perrrsonnel within theirrr commands, and then to prrresent the grrroup with a rrreporrt as to who can be saved and who is just wasting space. The memberrrs should also agrrree that no trrransferrs will be made in orrrderr to deal with these people in whateverrr mannerrr is apprrroprriate without placing undue burrrdens on otherrr commands. Many of these people can be rrretrrrained, and we should come up with trrraining courrrses to get the waywarrrd ones back on trrrack. But forrr those who arre too farrr gone to be saved, we need to develop, *togetherrr*, plans to eliminate them frrrom the fleet, even if it involves going to the Secrrretarry of Starrrfleet forrr new rrregulations that allow us to rrremove people fasterrr forrr poorrr perrrforrrmance." She looked around her. "You wanted a plan of action - herrre's mine." She left it on the table, an open invitation. (resp?) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh my God.... I could be eating a slow learner! --Lynda Montgomery
