Notes from a one day OST meeting

[Chris Corrigan]

"Esther ." wrote:

> 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.
>

I think it was, in retrospect.  You're right.

>
>
>> * 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?
>

I agree, and I really did sense that she was speaking for herself when
she said it.  in the closing circle, people seem to share what they can
of themselves personally and I rarely ever here people saying "Well a
bunch of us thought...." or something like that. It breeds authentic
representation....yes?

Chris


>
> Regards
> Esther
>
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