Individuals within an organization driven by fear and misplaced ambition (need to hold onto job comes first above all else) will neither communicate the truth nor recognize it when it appears, and if it should, they will actively resist its presence. I deal with such disfunctional organizations on an almost daily basis in my attempt to do a seemingly simple thing: bring great music to a wide spectrum of the public, from little children to senior citizens and all in between. Libraries, universities, public school systems, all are corporations not excempt from the laws stated in this post. The assumption that they are otherwise could be costly to anyone who deals with them. Once in a while you come upon the rare exception -
The leader always sets the tone - Always - in a school, it is the principal. I am blessed this month with playing in one school where the tone is set in the key of impeccable leadership. Many others are ln the midst of such chaos as this post explores -
"Ah life! It exceeded imagination!" Marguerite Young
Thanks
Wayne