But I’m not ready for my adult life!

Posted on | March 16, 2012 | No Comments

Cara and Michael, as my lovely cousin and the wonderful guy I went through high school with, you two will appreciate this. Last night I dreamt my father parked his van on the lawn of Carl Schurz High School while I was riding with him. I was so embarrassed, as kids with their parents would be, but then he started speaking Russian to the teachers and everything seemed okay. When I woke up it shocked me to realize high school was not just a few years ago - I dream deeply. It has been 35 years since I/we graduated. A child born the day I graduated, and a child born the day they graduated, would be graduating soon. What happened to all that time? I have so much left to do, the stuff I did was just practice for the adult life I'm still planning. If I live as long as my grandmother, I have 36 years left. If I love as long as my father, I have ten years left. If I live as long as my mother, I have ONE YEAR LEFT. I don't even know how to play a musical instrument yet. I'd better get right on it. Courtesy Google Images 2012 Take care kids! xoxoxo Shawn Nichols shawnnichols.com

Relational Concerns in Corporate Environments IX

Posted on | March 8, 2012 | No Comments

Relational Concerns in Corporate Environments IX Douglas McGregor (Heil, Bennis & Stephens, 2000) referred to this as the X and Y theory of collaboration. One can think of X represented by workmen's arms crossed in defiance and representing a lack of action, and Y as in the response, “why not”, a more open-minded and reasonable attitude of cooperation. Mary Parker Follett (2005/1926) illustrated the difference in the X and Y theory by explaining that workmen were more likely to follow leaders integrating orders through a give-and-take and response-and-action dialogue management style. A leader needs to understand that the same individual belongs to many different groups (organizations and systems), which may cause a conflict in the individuals’ actions and stance. This is exacerbated, says McGregor (Heil, Bennis & Stephens, 2000) because the individual has an emotional connection of varying levels and degrees with other individuals in his or her variety of groups. Shawn M. Nichols

Relational Concerns in Corporate Environments VIII

Posted on | March 2, 2012 | No Comments

The chronic conflicts that exist within organizations include: communication issues; the lack of self-efficacy for some of the groups as well as the individuals; and the top-down hierarchical demands within the sphere of influence. Maslow (2005/1943) chimed in that the problems mounted as an unresolved fear of hunger and want pervaded the environment and people felt exploited by business managers. This lack of trust created a pushback by workers, unseen but impactful, as well as highly visible and highly contentious. Shawn M. Nichols

Relational Concerns in Corporate Environments VII

Posted on | February 26, 2012 | No Comments

The group to which an individual belongs is the ground for his or her perceptions, their feelings, and their actions. The social group, starting with our own families, including our childhood-young adult, and mature adult peers, and the community at large, give the individual his or her character and personality. In addition, it may have formed his or her moral and ethical belief system. Field theory (Lewin, 1935) is the differentiation of societal regions marked by observable boundaries and deeper layers within organization systems. By changing the groups, we can see that context creates the person and we become someone else in another community, which causes the cause of our base nature. Creating the bridge between empowerment of the individual and successful work groups is a concern for corporate managers. In an organized environment the usual management authoritarianism will become more democratic as the individual begins to manage: first, their own social skills, and then second, important intergroup relations. Shawn M. Nichols « go back — keep looking »

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