[senco-forum] And a Happy New Year

And a Happy New Year  to you all - and if you work in Bedfordshire you will
be back at work on Thursday - and they wanted to have a training day on
Wednesday too!  (Was taken on the Friday before Christmas though - that was
thought to be the lesser of the two evils).

And thoughts for you all for the New Year -

TEN WAYS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

*	Ignore the problem completely. It does not exist and consequently
there is no need to consider it at all.
*	Forget the problem. Take an aspirin or a drink and relax.
*	Study or define the problem. This creates a real diversion and
usually ends the search for a solution.
*	Find a scapegoat and ride him. This is particularly useful if the
scapegoat has only just left the organisation.
*	Profess not to have the best answer; this lets you out of having any
answer.
*	Urge a 'go slow' concept. This avoids the need to consider the
problem at this time.
*	For every proposed solution, set up an opposite solution and
conclude that the middle ground, no change, represents the best course.
*	Show that any solution is only a futile quest for certainty and that
in fact it is doubt and controversy that promote growth.
*	Act embarrassed when the problem is first brought up and hint that
it is in bad taste to discuss the problem and that any consideration of the
problem would be misinterpreted by outsiders
*	In a tight spot, say something that no one understands and which is
totally irrelevant.

And when I first found this - I filed it away as humour.

However, I have worked with a number of people who must have had this
presented to them during their management training.

You may well have met them too!

Regards

Ruth