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Letter to the Sports Editor…MY TWO CENTS ~ Perspectives on the GFF NC

Feb 24, 2015 Sports

Dear Sports Editor,
In the cultural transition from corruption and incompetence to organization efficiency where core values of transparency, integrity, accountability and open communication (among others) are not merely given lip service but exemplified in word and deed, there will inevitably be elements of resistance. The aphorism “old habits die hard” aptly captures this phenomenon.
All stakeholders, internal and external, with a vested interest in the organization’s future success should temper idealistic expectations of change with the practical reminder that “Rome was not built in a day.” However, this understanding does not absolve internal leaders of their responsibility to learn and practice new habits that demonstrate their commitment to the transition process.
High on the list of new habits are the embodiment of transparency by opening existing financial records and operational systems to public scrutiny, and inviting/encouraging input and objective critique from external stakeholders. The public should be persuaded by the words and actions of the transitional leaders that the status quo or old ways of doing business are things of the past.
The transition of the erstwhile dysfunctional Guyana Football Federation has been entrusted by FIFA to an all-volunteer Normalisation Committee (NC) comprising five (5) accomplished business/legal professionals with no historical ties to football. It will be (and has been) a dynamic period of learning, conflict, mistakes, adjustments, introspection and, hopefully, growth.
In fairness, the all-volunteer GFF Normalisation Committee has an enormous challenge and mandate to save or at least redirect association football in Guyana to a trajectory for future success and greatness. Fans of Jaguar football in the diaspora need and deserve some reassurance that the post-NC federation will not revert to “old habits” i.e. business as usual. Constitutional reform to improve governance should help in this regard but it is ultimately up to all football stakeholders to hold ourselves accountable and responsible for higher standards of personal and professional conduct.
In closing, I would like to emphasize that the constraints of time and resources coupled with the inherited administrative dysfunction should be factored into our assessment and objective critique of the Normalisation Committee. We need them and they need us. Some may even posit we need them more.
Together, we only have until September, 2015 “to build Rome”.
By James Paul – MBA
Small Business Consultant
Atlanta, GA

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