Posted by Colin Weatherby                                                                         180 words

A colleague working at a council with a new CEO sent me a list of the organisation’s woes as identified by that CEO with their summary of the situation. It started me thinking, ‘what would I do if I was the CEO?’

Here is the list:

• Strong autocratic and bureaucratic style on the part of the previous CEO.
• People fearful to make decisions and comfortable not making them.
• Strong avoidance of accountability.
• A very conventional approach – ‘we have always done it like this’.
• Low level of achievement – ‘if we don’t get it done today, there is always tomorrow’.
• A low level of self actualisation and self worth.
• Younger staff desperate for change.
• Older staff scared of change.
• A number of senior staff complacent in believing that all is perfect.

All of this led to a realisation that as a council with a demanding community and limited resources, the current culture would not support the future.

What would you do?

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