Stop the PTO Drama, please….
March 25th, 2009 by Tim SullivanThis recent column of mine on diffusing PTO drama has been garnering a lot of feedback, so I thought I’d highlight here in the blog, as well. Seems to have struck a chord with many.
You can read it, but the big point is that all the drama in our PTOs – the big tiffs, the hurt feelings, the perceived slights, all of it — gets directly in the way of building broad involvement and growing community. yes, there are a certain type who live for the drama, but most of us have plenty of stress (especially these days) and shy away from more. If your PTO is stress-filled, then is it any wonder you struggle to bring in new people or lots of new people?
Give the column a read. Would love to hear your own strategies for reducing the drama. Whaddaya got?
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:48 pm
My solution is to use the existing by-laws which are in place for our group to run smoothly. I am deferring to them when we are hitting drama bumps in the road.
I am trying to treat it as though it is a company and we are all vested employees.
Hope this helps – Jan