REFLECTIONS ON LACROSSE CANADA FIRING ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
by Pierre Filion pierrefilion@bell.net Last Friday (February 20 th ) Lacrosse Canada’s president (Matt Shear er ) informed the provincial presidents and provincial staffs that LC was transitioning the Executive Director role effective immediately. This indicates the beginning of a process to change leadership, to ensure the departure of the ED, to hire a successor , to train and motivate the new leader. It will also require that Lacrosse Canada reviews its planning and organizational strategies while also managing the staff’s stability and morale. Now, firing the Executive Director (the top man in the organization) ‘’effective immediately’’ is no small decision . It indicates many things, and the confidentiality surrounding the decision and the carry over, is indicative of serious reasons for terminating the Executive Director. The reasons for firing the Executive Director will eventually all come out in the open but, at this time , THINK LACROSSE is not very concerned , nor...