A Tale of Two Choices

Let's say you are associated with a group having internal and even external problems. You get to choose a new spokesperson.

If given the choice between a young man who is well educated and talks well but has no real experience and one who tells it like it is with no sugar, who would you choose?

I think you have already decided and it appears to me that the shine is coming off the one you selected.

The first person promised to clean out the people who aren't doing their jobs and promised a new look to the group. No more business as usual except when it came to picking his staff and management team. Then expediency took front seat to the law and other consideration. His idea of "duck and cover" just in case it is needed is to constantly remind you how bad the group dynamic is and promises solutions. But the solutions sound more like business as usual. He is letting 2 committees make policy while he stands back and talks about it.

The second person who had a sound plan but was a little to rough around the edges and was associated with old management is quietly doing what he proposed to do in the beginning. He is calm and speaks with confidence. His plan is one that makes sense. His associates are likewise getting down to business.

It will be interesting for you to watch these two people and try to be objective. Whose plan will bring positive results? Maybe because you were so desperate for change that you threw your hat into the ring of the first person who spoke so adimately for change.

And you quietly hope this is fanciful writing!