On 28/02/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
on 2/28/07 7:28 AM, David Gerard at dgerard(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> Mandates from the top sometimes don't work
that well in practice. The
> community has told Jimbo to get knotted before ...
> These are volunteers. Volunteer motivation is a tricky one. Best thing
> to do is to think in terms of herding cats - you need to work out the
> local equivalent of tuna.
I hear ya. It is just that it's been my experience
with any type of
organization that motivation for any type of major change must come from
(and include) that person at the top. On their own, enough people need to
feel there is a problem before any work toward change can begin. In my work
as a psychotherapist, it is not my role to convince you that you have pain -
I can only help you to relieve it.
We're basically agreeing, I think. The psychopathology of
organisations is a fascinating area!
Volunteers are stroppy buggers. They do *ridiculous* amounts of work,
though. As long as they want to.
- d.