Post Game Passion: AFL 2021 Rd 2: Carlton vs Collingwood

[Baggers]

If players from clubs like GWS and Gold Coast...clubs with the history of a three minute egg...are lecturing our blokes about culture we have a problem.

Hopefully it was someone like  Fogarty who was most vocal.

These types of feedbacks can be constructive but it requires a fair degree of 'give' from the players receiving the message otherwise it can cause resentment and division.

I'm not sure we have a playing group who are all on the same page.
That's understandable given the turnover and additions that have taken place in recent years.
Hopefully that rectifies itself in the months ahead.
I'm also wondering whether at the end of this season it wouldn't be a good idea to have a change from the Cripps/Docherty to a Walsh/Weitering (not in a co-captain, but a Captain/ VC situation).
That sets us up for a change to a new and possibly 10 year+ stability in leadership.
That's one element in a culture change.

So many very successful organisations have a 360 degree feedback culture/policy and learn how to make it authentic/constructive/motivating and respectful... and fun. Properly facilitated by properly qualified people/organisations, 360 feedback sessions can make all the difference. Look how a powerful and constructive 360 degree feedback intervention turned both the PussyCats and Tiggers around. An incredible tool to get everyone on the same page and build a camaraderie that truly creates a team, and not a bunch of individuals or groups within groups at a club (or any organisation for that matter).

Properly facilitated 360 degree sessions can and do gradually expose hidden agendas, fears, personal issues, covert hostilities/resentments whilst also building a culture of safety and trust and profound unity - indeed, a community. Managing the confronting aspects of 360 feedback is a particular skill. Anyone can be brutal, but in my experience brutal only creates bigger problems and issues. You can be authentic, effective and honest without resorting to brutality. Poorly handled, 360 feedback can be extremely destructive and create lasting wounds... look what happened when Adelaide called in rank amateurs!