Your problem appears to be political in nature. Is this your idea? Are you alone in championing the development plan? It may be helpful to enlist the help of those like-minded
individuals within the organization. (Hopefully, there are some). This group will hopefully be your nucleus.
Once you have them on board. See who they are within the organization. Are there key parts of the organization not represented in this group? If so, you may have to recruit, for
lack of a better term, in those key areas.
I know this sounds like a lot of politicking, but I have just been through a similar experience where support for the project was lukewarm at best. I think these efforts at the
outset will be fruitful in the long run.
Hope this helps.
Bill Hopkinson wrote:
> How do you educate an old paternalistic organisation to adopt a project-focused development plan?
>
> I am Director of Training for the Diocese of Canterbury. As an organisation its as old as they get. I could describe the area as that bit of England which got overrun every time
> there was an invasion, and the people of East Kent learnt to put their heads down and wait until it was all over.
> Financially, the Church of England, as it is currently constituted, cannot afford the Church of England as it is currently constituted. There is a crisis to which the proper
> response is prioritisation on those projects which take the Diocese to where it would like to be. However, the people of East Kent have put their heads down and are hiding
> until the financial crisis is over.
>
> Where do you begin, and with whom?
>
bhopkinson@diocant.clara.co.uk. ICQ 17057218
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