Comments on: The Witches and The Witch Hunters https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-witches-and-the-witch-hunters/ How to improve organizational performance through personal growth Wed, 08 Nov 2017 16:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Natella Isazada https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-witches-and-the-witch-hunters/#comment-498 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=779#comment-498 In reply to Melissa.

Thank you very much Melissa for sharing your thoughts on this subject!

]]> By: Melissa https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-witches-and-the-witch-hunters/#comment-496 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 09:42:59 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=779#comment-496 Very informative and useful post, Natella. As usual, you touched on and analyzed very important topics. Such tricks as “witch hunt”, scapegoating in a workplace are widely used by incompetent and short-sighted managers on their employees instead of looking deeper into the existing problems and find out why they are happening. In other word use Root Cause Analysis.

]]> By: Natella Isazada https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-witches-and-the-witch-hunters/#comment-495 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 05:16:51 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=779#comment-495 In reply to Jason Johnson.

Jason the language you are speaking is like music to my ears :). I am so glad you are starting your ISO 9000 certification journey on the right foot with teaching your team about the value of CAR and Root Cause Analysis. Good luck to your team with the Continual improvement of your processes.

]]> By: Natella Isazada https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-witches-and-the-witch-hunters/#comment-494 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 05:14:34 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=779#comment-494 In reply to Alex Greer.

Thank you so much, everyone, for your interest in this topic and for sharing your comments here. Alex, I appreciate you taking the time to explain to all of us what happened in your work environment which was turned into some kind of “witch hunt” by an unscrupulous supervisor. So glad to hear you are much happier in your current career.

]]> By: Alex Greer https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-witches-and-the-witch-hunters/#comment-493 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 04:46:31 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=779#comment-493 Hi Lida and Jason: Thank you for your comments and your interest in my case. It was at an awkward time in my career that this happened as I was completing my time in this organization. The supervisor kept marking me down and she ignored any of my achievements. There seemed to be nothing that I could do right. Complaining about her did nothing. Eventually she was moved to another section, but the dye was cast. Unfortunately I found it necessary to leave this organization which I had been with for 24 years and find a new career in another organization. My current work place has been much better, but I do admit that I do have the bad memories of what happened in a career I had put so much heart and soul into.

]]> By: Jason Johnson https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-witches-and-the-witch-hunters/#comment-491 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:15:20 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=779#comment-491 In reply to Alex Greer.

It’s unfortunate Alex that a Supervisor used her authority in such a poor and unethical manner. That being said, the true unfortunate aspect of her actions is the way it negatively affected your work environment and potentially your career. Here’s hoping that she did you a favor by opening up new career opportunities for you to prosper elsewhere. Her shortsighted actions may have yielded a quick result at your expense but if she continued those same underhanded actions long term her demise would be inevitable.

]]> By: Jason Johnson https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-witches-and-the-witch-hunters/#comment-490 Sat, 04 Nov 2017 16:50:28 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=779#comment-490 Recently my company went through the process of ISO 9001:2015 Certification. In my opinion, one of the most important features that has been introduced with the ISO Quality Management System is the Corrective Action Process used to identify non-conformities and prevent repeat incidents. As Natella has identified in her post there are many benefits that follow as a result of investing the time required to complete a thorough Root Cause Analysis as part of the Corrective Action Process. The end result is a high quality operation that promotes unity among the internal team and added value for the customer.

]]> By: Lida https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-witches-and-the-witch-hunters/#comment-488 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:38:51 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=779#comment-488 What a relevant topic, Natella. As unpleasant as the subject of witch hunt is, I feel you have done the analysis and identified it’s very root cause here.

]]> By: Lida https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-witches-and-the-witch-hunters/#comment-487 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:12:37 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=779#comment-487 In reply to Alex Greer.

Alex, this might not be my place but may I still ask you how this all ended for you?

]]> By: K.Asgari https://www.natellaisazada.com/the-witches-and-the-witch-hunters/#comment-486 Thu, 02 Nov 2017 15:59:51 +0000 http://www.natellaisazada.com/?p=779#comment-486 In reply to Alex Greer.

True indeed. I witnessed something similar many years ago when I had my intership. Our supervisor somehow “picked” one of the employees and literally was picking on him non-stop. Still can’t forget that terrible work environment

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