tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post4987928594497959519..comments2023-07-27T04:33:11.719-05:00Comments on UJ Thee and Me: DEAR JERRY...Gracklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14315763008609379449noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-83823383905314889312011-05-02T00:58:40.487-05:002011-05-02T00:58:40.487-05:00The Missing Wexler
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The Dead JFNA Scrolls
******...The Missing Wexler<br />or<br />The Dead JFNA Scrolls<br />*******************************<br /><br />~ "His goals(for what Schultz called a "transformational agenda") were to fix troubled stores, to rekindle an emotional attachment with customers and to make longer term changes like reorganizing executives..."<br /><br />~ The company's CFO said that "[W]hat the company needed then was what he used to be to us -- the innovator, the refusal to not be a champion."<br /><br />~ The CFO continued: "Delegating and accepting other people's conclusions, is now easier for him. 'There's been more arguing, challenging and debate in the last two to three years than there's ever been.'"<br /><br />~ Schultz: "What leadership means is the courage it takes ti talk about things that, in the past, perhaps we wouldn't have, because I'm not right all of the time." Hello!!!<br /><br />~ A keen observer of the company concluded "[T]here's a kind of dissonance between the messaging and the actual practice." Hello and hello, again.<br /><br />There are some things I know you can do. The first of which might be to stop playing to the crowd -- telling 'em what you think they want to hear. For example, at a meeting in Dallas a few weeks ago you found a good applause line -- "...we need to find a new way to connect with Israel." Sounds great, apparently...but only to communities that don't "connect" through Missions, through JAFI and the Joint, through Birthright, through the IAI and the IAN, through multiple portals. Do you even realize the insecurity statements like thses can create among those you and the Board Chair often call "partners?" Do you care at this point? Or is this all about patroninzing and pandering, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing?<br /><br /><br />What you may have meant is that "we," whoever "we" are ( "you're not JFNA") need to find a way to connect period -- and "we" will, through the GPT??!! It's truly sad that you apparently place no value on on our real, our working connections, no connections with the bridges we have built and continue to.<br /><br /><br />You know that I love your optimism. To realize upon that will require that you demand a lay leadership that understands the needs of our federations and then that you quietly advise your lay leadership that responding to those needs is what JFNA must be about. For the past six years we have seen JFNA too often pursue the personal agendas of a small group of misguided lay leaders whose pursuit of their personal agendas and vendettas threaten the very existence of JFNA itself. You have to surround yourself with a new set of lay leaders who, with the support of the federation CEOs can lead JFNA out of the darkness into the light.<br /><br />You can do this. Can't you?<br /><br />Warmest regards,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-51251853250399918452011-05-01T16:55:38.710-05:002011-05-01T16:55:38.710-05:00Mr. Wexler, this post, though it seems important, ...Mr. Wexler, this post, though it seems important, is unreadable. You can re-post, edit it or have somebody do it for you if the technical aspects aren't your strong-suit. As it stands, your message is lost (literally) because of (misuse of) the technology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-58185188824476038472011-05-01T14:17:10.172-05:002011-05-01T14:17:10.172-05:00To Anonymous -- you, the JFNA leader who likes to ...To Anonymous -- you, the JFNA leader who likes to use all caps: it's unfortunate that you embody all that Richard writes about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-34653159723474823982011-05-01T13:07:07.399-05:002011-05-01T13:07:07.399-05:00The end of your posting is unreadable as the font ...The end of your posting is unreadable as the font size is 1. readers can cut and paste to Word and then enlarge to see excellent end to your letter. <br /><br />One question Mr. Wexler: Since when has independent judgement and challenging let alone contrarian views ever been rewarded in our system or UJC/JFNA? On the contrary...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-47238039155295807162011-05-01T12:54:07.007-05:002011-05-01T12:54:07.007-05:00WOW! We'll be sure to take that incisive, art...WOW! We'll be sure to take that incisive, articulate COMMENT back to Jerry, as you suggest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-34733504923573663932011-05-01T12:52:20.810-05:002011-05-01T12:52:20.810-05:00Wow! We'll be sure to take that incisive, art...Wow! We'll be sure to take that incisive, articulate COMMENT back to Jerry, as you suggest, Dick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-61147803289655752212011-05-01T10:07:30.058-05:002011-05-01T10:07:30.058-05:00Dear Jerry-
Richard is absolutely right on. It mi...Dear Jerry-<br />Richard is absolutely right on. It might not be as sexy as tribefest to help a federation with support, but unless you change course I am afraid my grandchildren will never know what a Jewish Federation was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-79408392320176407772011-05-01T09:35:18.967-05:002011-05-01T09:35:18.967-05:00fix the font!!fix the font!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com