Reg
05-20-2006, 10:45 AM
What to look for in a Healthy Organization
Healthy organizations are voluntary associations where
people collaborate to work out their ideas with a shared purpose
and specific goal. Everyone is free to criticize and hold
different opinions from that of the group’s leadership.
Differences of opinion are welcomed and respected. There is
no psychological pressure to conform and no atmosphere
of enforced uniformity. Members view themselves as a part
of society in general involved in a group for practical and
limited reasons. Members spend only a reasonable part of their
spare time in group activities and enjoy a completely separate
family, social and professional life. Healthy groups are
democratic in practice and not just in theory. Members are
free to come and go as they please. They participate as they
wish, without feeling excessive guilt or shame for not
attending meetings, donating time or money. Nobody fears
any physical or psychological reprimand for missing meetings
or refusing tasks. Members put their personal needs first
and are able to differentiate those from the needs of the
group. They decide for themselves their relations with the
group and are able to reassess their level of commitment and
also leave the group without creating a major personal crisis or
conflict with the group.
Staying Clear of Recovery Cultism
http://www.sossobriety.org/cults.htm
Is this a healthy group or what? :)
Thanks Spinninghead, Illuminated etc.
Healthy organizations are voluntary associations where
people collaborate to work out their ideas with a shared purpose
and specific goal. Everyone is free to criticize and hold
different opinions from that of the group’s leadership.
Differences of opinion are welcomed and respected. There is
no psychological pressure to conform and no atmosphere
of enforced uniformity. Members view themselves as a part
of society in general involved in a group for practical and
limited reasons. Members spend only a reasonable part of their
spare time in group activities and enjoy a completely separate
family, social and professional life. Healthy groups are
democratic in practice and not just in theory. Members are
free to come and go as they please. They participate as they
wish, without feeling excessive guilt or shame for not
attending meetings, donating time or money. Nobody fears
any physical or psychological reprimand for missing meetings
or refusing tasks. Members put their personal needs first
and are able to differentiate those from the needs of the
group. They decide for themselves their relations with the
group and are able to reassess their level of commitment and
also leave the group without creating a major personal crisis or
conflict with the group.
Staying Clear of Recovery Cultism
http://www.sossobriety.org/cults.htm
Is this a healthy group or what? :)
Thanks Spinninghead, Illuminated etc.