ROBUST ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN
When you are incompetent you surround yourself with a virtual world rather like a film set.
Shiny new offices and 'workshops' are the facade but no real work goes on or 'real' decisions are made.
Meetings become the buzz word for what should be 'operations' and flying suited staff 'engage' in 'not flying'.
Leadership is replaced with 'instructions' and veiled threats of being hunted down if you have an opinion.
Web sites and press releases abound with misleading information and photo opportunities.
This is how some large organisations used to operate decades ago when the 'Head Office' syndrome ruled the commercial world.
Reality then kicked in and costs forced a rethink into what was actually needed;which was to 'BACK UP' the field force and give them the tools.
Many large organisations operate in the commercial sector using a high % of volunteer staff. They do this because it releases income for :-The Charity or in the case of the National Trust gives them a manpower input that would be non sustainable in commercial terms. However these organisations realise the value and professional input they get from volunteers and 'manage' the system in such a way that everyone is seen as an important contributor to the system.
The 'schools' have a long history of providing safe flying operations;with a continuity of staffing that ensured best practice and standards were passed on and also adapted to increasing levels of change and scrutiny.The very people that should have been 'engaged' with helping to deal with the 'glitch' in the system and who had more combined knowledge of what goes on have been ignored and treated with disdain.Unless a change is made to the command structure at the top any ongoing decisions will not be based upon competence or an abilty to lead a volunteer organisation.