N American NACHI membership topped 7,500 today.

kwilliams · February 10, 2006, 10:17pm

jmichalski:

You know I will respectfully disagee with you Nick. Planning is not an antiquated idea, it is good business sense. Right on

No one says that you have to have few goals. But concrete written goals are important - and they should not be confused with objectives (which is what the “what’s new” section would be). Objectives are categorized and scheduled, and appropriate resources allocated in order to ensure that the most important ones get the lions share of time and attention. And you need someone to carry them through

Every organiztion and business in the world accepts Strategic Planning as an important - if not absolutely vital - element in ogranizational stability and development. Right on

If GE can do it (with all of its diverse and multi-faceted subsidiaries) so can NACHI. There has to be the WILL to do so. Well we have the will and the desire

I think it is already clear that the will to do so is not present and (in my opinion only) can and will hold us back, or at least impede us operating at maximum efficiency. WE have the will and desire, a plan must be put in place to handle the ideas that come to the front to study and form a plan to follow them through.

It just seems to me that many of the great ideas just fade away over time. Just my 2 cents us ,12.5 north of me

jmichalski · February 11, 2006, 12:51pm

Kevin, I wholeheartedly agree with you. I would like to see plans followed through to the end - not announced prematurely and dropped or put on hold. I also would like to see a better guide for major decisions established.

I think in the end, this may be a plan that is created by the MAB, soliciting the input of the membership, and delivered to the top from the bottom up.

At the very least it will give an accurate accounting of projects, objectives and action titems to achieve them. It will prioritize our resources and let HQ know what we think are the goals, purpose and mission of the organization.

Nick is always saying it is OUR organization - let’s make it so.

hgordon · February 11, 2006, 2:41pm

Hmmm…seems like we all agree…atleast with this NACHI ROCKS!

rspriggs · February 12, 2006, 6:23pm

Some of the best positions -even in NACHI - seem to be created when one recognizes a need, mentions it, and is willing to step forward and assume that role.
Bring proposed ideas and solutions to Nick; in my experience, at least, he often simply says,
“Do it!”

Russ

jmichalski · February 12, 2006, 6:59pm

Russ, You frequent the board…is there any possible way that you can percieve that I have not asked, begged, pleaded, offered to help, insisted, or otherwise used any possible means to convince Nick that a Strategic Organizational Plan is needed?

If there is some way I have not asked (and I have directly offered to help formulate it) please let me know. I will try it.

It is needed. Fail to plan, plan to fail.