| The intent of my writings is to equip those who | | | | core staff (teacher) were disrespected by the |
| follow me with the tools they will need to have a | | | | elites of the organizations. |
| fulfilling life. Now, I know that is at least from my | | | | The friction between management and staff was |
| perspective a mighty huge undertaking as I am a | | | | quite ugly, unpleasant and counterproductive |
| humble person by nature and work hard at not | | | | jeopardizing the program and placing the Children |
| ever appearing to be arrogant or pompous about | | | | in a compromising position. The first task at hand |
| my accomplishments as God knows I indeed | | | | was to introduce to staff the importance of |
| have my shortcomings. However, my mission in | | | | respect and acknowledgement of their valued |
| life is to be a servant and help others succeed at | | | | service. I started to act questions about what |
| their desire aspirations and assist people with | | | | was the one most important aspect to them |
| helping them reach their vision and help other | | | | about their job in relations to how they want to |
| reach their mission from their stated vision. I have | | | | be treated. I wanted to find out what would |
| an ultraistic motivation to observe others succeed | | | | make them feel more productive and valued; |
| particularly youth and our youth are our future | | | | whereby at the end of the day though perhaps |
| leaders and are always full of eagerness to learn | | | | tired yet fulfilled. In central issue of my task was |
| and learn some more and more. | | | | to get them to identify what specific core values |
| Recently working with one of my clients at one | | | | was of necessity to them to strengthen the |
| of America's Premier Private Universities I noticed | | | | program and the organization. My goal was to get |
| that the staff was demoralized; in essence the | | | | them to commit to each other on the core |
| program lacked leadership. The program was an | | | | values of how they can agree on how they will |
| early childhood educational School and though I | | | | work with one another. In other words what can |
| knew many of the staff loved working with | | | | they expect from each other and; what the |
| Children they still nevertheless dreaded going to | | | | higher echelons of the organization expect from |
| work and were there because they needed a job | | | | them as well. Management, administrative staff |
| and although they cared deeply about the | | | | and teachers needed to work with each other as |
| Children; no one ever made them feel appreciated | | | | a team and with a true sense of commitment to |
| and valued. Also, they never realized that they | | | | each other with an understanding about each |
| had a high intensity job; probably at the same | | | | other roles and boundaries'. They needed to work |
| level as working on the top deck of an aircraft | | | | toward a level of passion and compassionate with |
| carrier. You see carrying for, working with and | | | | an unwavering drive to continuously improve with |
| teaching three year olds is a high intensity job. | | | | in providing quality education to Children and |
| The reason being a teacher can never ever take | | | | families in a healthy and safe environment. And, |
| their eyes of the Children and when a teacher | | | | they needed to start putting their personal |
| and two assistants are working with twenty to | | | | differences aside and start communicating with |
| twenty five little ones things can get pretty hectic | | | | one another in a professional and courteous |
| to say the least and so, by the end of the day | | | | collegial manner. |
| the teachers are beat. Made worst the leaders of | | | | From my perspective the critical aspect in |
| the organization never worked with the staff on | | | | personal and leadership development and reaching |
| issues of internal relationship protocols and/or the | | | | that higher level of success so many of us so |
| driven sense of purpose as a team | | | | often seek is having an understanding by what |
| organizationally and though they know how to do | | | | virtues of values will we live by. What core values |
| their work they still did not know what was | | | | of importance to you will elevate you to be a |
| expected of them as top management and the | | | | dignified representative of your community? |