Notes from a one day OST meeting

[Esther .]

In a message dated 1/17/2002 2:38:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
chris at chriscorrigan.com writes:


> My sponsor
> seems to be saying that people feel so powerless that they sense that
> this is not a time when they can contribute anything.  They want to
> simply sit still and wait for things to happen to them.  I’ve heard
> those comments.  Nothing matters because we can't change anything
> anyway.  Hmm.  Maybe we have the wrong theme.  Maybe there is too much
> business to conduct and so people aren’t willing to step back a bit a
> learn.
> 

Chris, maybe that was your sponsor's projection? It may not have been true 
for all.

> * The energy picked up again in the last session.  I think sometimes I
> am too highly tuned, like a blade of grass waving with each
> imperceptible breath of air.  We ended with a bit of discussion on how
> to use OST with the Purpose, Vision, Structure and Action parts of
> organization, a little bit on the grief cycle which was critical for
> these guys to know about given everything that is going on for them.
> Sponsor said she felt that the space was more open for her now.
> 

Like I said, now she felt that the space was more open for HER now? It isn't 
always that the sponsor or the chair or the senior exec has more than their 
own pulse although I'm not suggesting that we shouldn't listen to them. But 
sometimes we need to remind ourselves that one voice is one voice.

Do you agree?

Regards
Esther

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