No matching fragments found in this document.
HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex
HCO POLICY LETTER OF 23 SEPTEMBER 1967
Remimeo
Page 1 of
Every Hat
NEW POST FORMULA
THE CONDITIONS FORMULAS
Every new appointee to a post begins in non-existence. Whether obtained
by new
appointment, promotion or demotion.
He is normally under the delusion that now he is "THE .........." (new
title). He tries to start off in power condition as he is usually very
aware of his new status or even a former status. But in actual fact he is
the only one aware of it. All others except perhaps the personnel officer
are utterly unaware of him as having his new status.
Therefore he begins in a state of non-existence. And if he does not
begin with the non-existence formula as his guide he will be using the
wrong condition and will have all kinds of trouble.
The Non-Existence Formula is
1. Find a comm line
2. Make yourself known
3. Discover what is needed or wanted
4. Do, produce and/or present it.
A new appointee taking over a going concern often thinks he had better
make
himself known by changing everything whereas he (a) is not well enough
known to do
so and (b) hasn't any idea of what is needed or wanted yet. And so he makes
havoc.
Sometimes he assumes he knows what is needed or wanted when it is only a
fixed
idea with him and is only his idea and not true at all and so he fails at
his job.
Sometimes he doesn't bother to find out what is really needed or wanted
and
simply assumes it or thinks he knows when he doesn't. He soon becomes
"unsuccessful".
Now and then a new appointee is so "status happy" or so insecure or so
shy that
even when his boss or his staff comes to him and tells him what is needed
or wanted he
can't or doesn't even acknowledge and really does go into non-existence for
keeps.
Sometimes he finds that what he is told is needed or wanted needs
reappraisal or
further investigation. So it is always safest for him to make his own
survey of it and
operate on it when he gets his own firm reality on what is needed or
wanted.
If the formula is applied intelligently the person can expect to get
into a zone of
by-pass where people are still doing his job to fill the hole his
predecessor may have
left. This is a Danger Condition-but it is the next one higher than non-
existence on the
scale. If he defends his job and does his job and applies the Danger
Formula he will
come through it.
He can then expect to find himself in Emergency Condition. In this he
must
follow the Emergency Formula with his post and he will come through it.