Abuse & Personal Mastery LO15643

Denis Cowan (cowandp@gil.com.au)
Wed, 05 Nov 1997 09:00:02 +1100

Replying to LO15636 --

G'day

I have not thought of this for years but this post highlighted for me my
earlier work experiences in the 1960's.

I came from a very supportive family (no money, lots of love, nurturing as
well as critical parents)

I expected work to be the same. I joined the workforce as one of lifes
innocents and ignorants. My first couple of employers were good to me.
Then I hit the crunch of working for someone who came from a different
mindset. It was quite a shock. I had no mechanisms to cope with it. I
developed them fairly fast but to some degree I think I still have some of
my innocence and ignorance.

Thanks mum and dad, I am glad you brought me up the way you did.

Regards

denis

At 06:57 4/11/97 -0800, Stephen Weed wrote:

>I read Ben's post all through his "dark days. While it is easy to focus
>on what we have done to cause us to loose a particular job, it is wise to
>remember that the workplace is indeed a system of its own. I had the
>opportunity to see an abusive family system recreated with a recent
>employer. The players included a top manager who managed by fiat, other
>managers and support staff who led by placating, and myself, a cock-sure,
>itinerant trainer not willing to subjugate his ideas. Obviously, when push
>came to shove, fear led to "abuse". Indeed, it was nothing more than a
>systmic response that might easily have occur in an abusive family.

>steve weed
>sweed@easystreet.com

denis cowan , brisbane , australia. fax ** 61 7 32681869
email: cowandp@gil.com.au, Efficiency+@gil.com.au
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