Whine Not! The Rubber Room Awaits.

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Is your organization experiencing overwhelming change, high employee turnover and low morale, increases in customer complaints, or burnout from having to do more with less? Are your employees struggling to find a balance between their work and home lives or do they simply need a boost of positive energy? If so, Barbara Glanz can help you! Clients say her exciting, motivational, action-oriented presentations have given their employees a new sense of direction, understanding, and hope.
—-from the professional website of Barbara Glanz

This is just the answer for what ails Teachers in a failing school system- at least it is only a matter of time before it becomes the answer. Corporations all over the US have been hiring Glanz to provide their employees with motivational talks and training in order to beef-up production. Which companies? Merry Maids, KFC, Burger King, McDonald’s and yes, Walmart. These companies have called on Glanz to help their employees accept their lot in life and be happy in their subservient positions.

Bloomberg tooted the praises of “Who Moved My Cheese” when he first came into office. Some believed that is was an amazing doctrine of change, but those of us with brains know that it was something more devious than that. It was demoralizing.

And now the Johnny the Bagger movement is setting up shop in the schools. It seems to have bypassed the teachers and gone straight for the students, but I know that it’s only a matter of time before Professional Development is less about techniques that we can use to create successful learning-environments and more about how to take it up the rear with a smile.

And for those who cannot learn to “get over it”?

Barbra Glanz also supports creating “some special places for employees. A group of employees at one organization stayed late one night and decorated an empty space all in black. When the rest of the staff returned the next day, a large banner over the entrance read “THE WHINE CELLAR!” They brought in stress toys, cartoon books, treats, and stuffed animals, and this became everyone’s favorite place to go. You might also consider creating a “TIME OUT” place for employees who are over stressed. Because of a lack of space for this, one organization purchased a Porta-Potty!”

How about we call the Education version of this place the “Rubber Room”. You know, the place where an employee is sent to “think about what he/she has done” so that his/her negative energy and behavior does not creep into the docile minds of other employees.

And don’t forget to “Establish a Code of Conduct listing the specific behaviors you will use in interacting with one another.” and when people step out of line, recite, “REMEMBER THE CODE!” This will do wonders to uplift your workplace.”

Is this what is taught in the Principals’ Academy?

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