The WICB: Over-managed and under-led
Wed, Aug 12, '15
Soon, the Committee appointed by Caricom to examine the structure of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will complete its mission and deliver its report and recommendations to the Prime Ministers’ Sub-Committee on Cricket.
Will the WICB welcome this report and embrace its recommendations, or will it treat it like the Patterson and Wilkins reports? Who knows? Only time will tell. One wonders if the WICB really understands the impact of design and structure on organisational performance.
No matter how good people are they will not perform well if the organisation in which they are working is badly designed. Organisations usually get the behaviour that they design. If an organisation is not doing well its leaders should look closely at its processes, systems and structure. If people in the organisation repeatedly resist change, they are working in an environment that undervalues learning, growth and development. And if members are not good team players, they are working in a structure designed for individual performance.
Whatever the Board’s response to the Committee’s report, let us hope that commonsense prevails. We must remember though that in general, when we are dealing with human beings we are not dealing with creatures of logic; we are dealing with creatures of habit, emotions and self-interest; creatures who crave status, recognition and power.
