Part Ii Managing for Success: House-Broken, Not House-Tamed

By Vincent Edward Gooden

In this sequel to Interaction Our Way...A Portrait of Success, Vince revisits and relives events in his life from toddler to adulthood that contribute to his management approach and leadership qualities. He presents management as a wholeness approach inclusive of planning, approach (action), staffing, organization and budget (PASOB). This context incorporates how we act, interact, manage and lead in our daily lives and embodies the rightness of self and how we make right for others. Vince recognizes that all leaders are not managers; however managers should embrace leadership qualities such as strategic planning, integrity, motivation, and commitment to the management process as well as to the customer. Rightness in this context is (1) compliance with the natural laws of good versus evil and right versus wrong as well as (2) demonstration of a common sense approach to management and leadership. The Gooden siblings believe in the rightness of self and others and exhibit this in their management and leadership efforts.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 24, 2012
• ISBN: 9781479718184

Vincent Edward Gooden

Vince, PhD, Major in Public Administration, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, thirty-five years experience in public and private management.

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CONTENTS

Preface

Young Vince

Bible Belt

All Fired Up

Confirm Or Counter

Managing Early

Junior Entrepreneur

Butterball

Town Peddler

Mill Creek Park

Managing In Teen Years

Skating Party

Last Arrival

Sales Tax Stamps

High School Graduation

Party Animal

Home Schooling

Power Of The Parent

Managing Late Teens Into Adulthood

Without A Clue

Family Resilience

Struggle Buggy

Technology 101

Chief Cook And Bottle Washer

Managing Family

First Family

Bomb Shelter

Genghis K Khan

Super Seventies

He Actually Left Y-Town, Maybe

Leadership Youngstown

Writing Lesson

What, Me Paint?

Commitment

Management Approach

Planning Process

Approach

Staffing

Organization

Budgeting/Finance

In Summation

Managing Reflections

My Contemporaries

Bibliography Notes

1. Management Processes

2. Ohio Tax Stamps

3. Community Leadership

Community Leadership Movement: A Practical Process For Effective Participation

4. Evolution Of Management

Evolution Of Management: From Theory V To Zonal Management

5.Vince’s Influences

6. Getting To Negotiation

7. Negotiation Process

8. Mediation

Mediation: A Perspective For Public Administration

9. Action Theory Cont.

10. Ethics And Integrity

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Vince in the 80s

PREFACE

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

—Peter Drucker

Doing the right thing and doing things right is the essence of our being. This rightness is the primary theme of Part II Managing for Success: House-broken, not House-tamed. We teach our pet dogs, in our case it is Butterball, Bruiser, Sparky, and Genghis, to sit, lay down, beg, go for a walk, and generally they are good and obey our commands. However, if you let them out on their own or they break their leash, natural instincts kick in and it is Run Spot Run. Similarly, the Gooden siblings learned the difference between right and wrong and good and evil at an early age. Yet, they defied cultural norms and institutional realities of their era to have successful careers and lives in America.

On the road to organizational and management success, the Gooden siblings faced challenges, adversities, and even obstacles; but in their household, failure was not an option. When faced with conscious and unconscious, subtle and not-so-subtle, ingrained institutional biases and other challenges, they responded by relying on their human values and interaction skills.

In this sequel to Interaction Our Way, Vince revisits and relives events in his life from toddler to adulthood that contribute to his management approach and leadership qualities. He presents management as a wholeness approach inclusive of planning, approach (action), staffing, organization and budget (PASOB).

This context incorporates how we act, interact, manage and lead in our daily lives and embodies the rightness of self and how we make right for others. Vince recognizes that all leaders are not managers; however managers should embrace leadership qualities such as strategic planning, integrity, motivation, and commitment to the management process as well as to the customer.

Rightness in this context is (1) compliance with the natural laws of good versus evil and right versus wrong as well as (2) demonstration of a common sense approach to management and leadership. The Gooden siblings believe in the rightness of self and others and exhibit this in their management and leadership efforts.

That is not to say that Vince is or always has been an angel and done the right things. In his day the streetwise perspective was as much of his being as was rightness. He committed indiscretions, hung out with the boys, skipped a class or two, and probably imbibed more than casually at times.

The essence is that with his solid foundation and upbringing, rightness won over. He has sought redemption and atonement, and now rationalizes that the positive he generates outweighs the converse. So, that being said let us move on and do the right thing and do things right.

According to Interaction Our Way, the Gooden siblings executed their Life Plans throughout the years and had an opportunity to interact with numerous organizational structures, processes and networks. In some organizations they exercised management and leadership roles and in others they served as participants.

For instance, Steve uses his communication skills in community as well as church-related activities. Over the years, Vince has applied his management skills in service to numerous local boards and councils, state associations, and national groups that advocated for the homeless, poor, and child care among other issues. Duane has applied his engineering and technology background and capability to activities that range from implementing learning and mentoring programs at the local level to advising principals at the highest levels of government and defense.

Mike has long been sought after to provide his business expertise to individuals, local councils and groups, academic institutions, and the highest levels of government, including legislative consultation and executive branch audiences with more than one President. Lastly, Linda is constantly in demand to share her information technology knowledge and management approach with educational institutions, associations, state boards, legislature, and national commissions such as the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.

The Gooden siblings attribute their success to a solid foundation, learning capacity and knowledge, responsibility, practical wisdom, and a willingness to interact as shared action. Within this framework, each of the siblings developed their own plan for success and actively sought to achieve their goal. While each plan has been unique, there is a continuity of familial togetherness and support for each other’s success. Their exercise of leadership skills and unique approach to management and managing provides the reader with an additional dimension of how the siblings have been successful in their careers and lives.

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The Gooden Siblings early in their careers

Each of the Goodens provides a unique perspective on management. Mike is a business owner and chief officer; Duane and Linda are senior managers in a corporate setting. Steve is currently a life manager with past experience; and Vince has been a public manager as well as a manager in the private sector. In this context, Part II will primarily be about Vince. Contributions by the other siblings will be forthcoming at a later time.

We said in Part I that with the global, technical and integrated nature of society today, organizations and management require policies and practices that encourage shared action; effective relationships; equitable distribution of goods and services; getting to negotiation; and modular thinking and acting for effective interaction. Effective managers and professionals in all walks of life, whether they be business executives, public administrators, organizational consultants, politicians, or trade unionists, have to become skilled in the art of ‘reading’ the situations that they are attempting to organize or manage according to Gareth Morgan.

To master the art of reading situations in organizations, management has offered numerous approaches and techniques with varying degrees of success including Lean Six Sigma; Total Quality Management; Management by Objectives; Participatory Management; New Public Management; and New Public Service among others. (See Bibliography Note 1)

Thus, the context of