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To: combjelly who wrote (342427)	7/7/2007 6:33:44 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572758

re: To manage by consensus building means that being a manager isn't as much fun. Instead of being the alpha male who gets to pick on everyone below you, you are reduced to being a facilitator, making sure that the ones actually doing the work get the resources they need. And that is a lot of work and it doesn't make you be a stallion with your wife. And, to make it worse, you have to share credit when things go well, and shoulder most of the blame when things go off the rails. Man, that sounds exactly like my work life...

To: combjelly who wrote (342427)	7/8/2007 1:52:14 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572758

"One has to wonder 'the nature' of the brain that doesn't see the logic and usefulness of this approach; and if not the brain, then their motivation." Not really. The answer is pretty obvious. To manage by consensus building means that being a manager isn't as much fun. Instead of being the alpha male who gets to pick on everyone below you, you are reduced to being a facilitator, making sure that the ones actually doing the work get the resources they need. And that is a lot of work and it doesn't make you be a stallion with your wife. And, to make it worse, you have to share credit when things go well, and shoulder most of the blame when things go off the rails. And they are psychologically incapable of doing that. The fact that it doesn't really work, especially for complex organizations, isn't really important. As long as they can dodge the blame, nothing else matters. Well said. And of course, you are absolutely right....learning to work by consensus was one of the hardest things I had to learn in the workplace. Which, by the way, is why GM has been dwindling away over the past few decades. Makes sense.........GM is turning into an embarrassment.

To: combjelly who wrote (342427)	7/8/2007 1:54:08 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572758

Like I've said to JF, the Bush administration has left no stone unturned. Toxin Levels Of Great Lakes Fish Getting Worse Main Category: Nutrition / Diet News Article Date: 07 Jul 2007 - 9:00 PDT Levels of PCBs, methyl mercury and dioxins in many Great Lakes fish, such as salmon, rainbow trout, walleye, pike and lake trout are too high for human consumption, according to a new report called Up to the Gills: Pollution in Great Lakes Fish, by Environmental Defence, a Canadian conservation group. Despite some falls in contamination levels in certain parts of the Great Lakes, the report states that serious problems still exist and seems to be getting worse. The number of public health warnings regarding the consumption of fish from Lake Ontario has increased significantly over the last few years, where eight categories of fish became more contaminated between 2005 and 2007 and only one category improved. Of concern are also Lake Huron, Lake Erie and even supposedly clean Lake Superior. The report said that such is the extent of the problem "that human health is threatened". The report compared the fish advisories published by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for four species of fish in 13 locations across the Great Lakes in 2005 and 2007. Many categories of fish are now somewhat or completely unfit for human consumption while others are becoming so. The report estimates that approximately 50,000 tons of industrial pollutants are pouring into the Great Lakes annually. Aaron Freeman, Policy Director of Environmental Defence, said "While fish remains a healthy choice for consumers, toxic contamination levels suggest that we are still treating the Great Lakes as a toxic waste dump. We are clearly not doing enough to protect this vital ecosystem. We need stronger pollution regulations and a real plan from the federal and provincial governments to clean up the Lakes." The main pollutants that cause public warnings are: -- Mercury -- PCBs -- Pesticides -- Dioxins -- Furans These chemicals can damage our nervous, respiratory and immune systems - they are also carcinogenic. The larger the fish the more severe the public advisory tends to be - larger fish are older and have been accumulating toxins for longer. However, severe consumption advisories have been issued for even small fishes in Lake Ontario. About 5 million people go to the Great Lakes for its fishing each year, commercial and sport fishing is worth $3.5 billion dollars a year. The report advises that authorities improve the information used in fish advisories, enhance the delivery of fish advisories to high risk groups, and prevent fish contamination advisories by reducing pollution from industry, sewage systems, agriculture and urban runoff. medicalnewstoday.com