“MANAGING CHANGE”
By Dr. Hoyt W.
Allen, Jr.
This article came my
way, which I thought
should be passed on.
It has been slightly
edited. The tribal
wisdom of the Dakota
Indians, passed on
from one generation
to the next, says
that when you
discover that you
are riding a dead
horse, the best
strategy is to
dismount.
But in government
and within our
public school
system, because
heavy investment
factors are taken
into consideration,
other strategies are
often tried with
dead horses,
including the
following:
1. Buying a stronger
whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Threatening the
horse with
termination.
4. Appointing a
committee to study
the horse.
5. Arranging to
visit other sites to
see how they ride
dead horses.
6. Lowering the
standards so that
dead horses can be
included.
7. Reclassifying the
dead horse as
"living-impaired".
8. Hiring outside
contractors to ride
the dead horse.
9. Harnessing
several dead horses
together to increase
speed.
10. Providing
additional funding
and/or training to
increase the dead
horse's performance.
11. Doing a
productivity study
to see if lighter
riders would improve
the dead horse's
performance.
12. Declaring the
dead horse carries
lower overhead &
therefore
contributes more to
the bottom line than
some other horses.
13. Rewriting the
expected performance
requirements for all
horses.
14. Promoting the
dead horse to a
supervisory
position.
15. Hiring a
consultant to tell
you the horse is
dead.
We humans are a
strange group.
Seemingly, we learn
very slowly. May we
be praying to the
God of creation for
wisdom as we travel
through this world
of God’s. Plainly,
let’s not get caught
short changed. Be
ready to meet our
Maker. The Bible
teaches that to
avoid hell and gain
heaven - one must:
1) Believe In Jesus
As Savior (Acts
16:31) 2) Repent Of
Sins (Acts 17:30) 3)
Confess Christ
Audibly (Acts 8:37)
4) Be Baptized In
Water (Acts 2:38)
5)
Live A Christian
Life (Acts 14:22) 6)
Stay Active in the
Church (Acts 2:47)
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