Tag: Work

Atypical boss and subordinate conversation

Bill Bowerman office door

 

(photo: Co-founder of Nike, Bill Bowerman was also the USA’s head track coach for 1972 Munich Olympics – he used his wife’s waffle iron to custom make running shoe soles… and make them lighter than the store bought ones)

Subordinate: My job is to be the deepest thinker in the classroom.

Boss: Quietly listening. (unsure if what she just heard makes sense)

Subordinate: I work with CEO’s, executive teams, front one employees… everyone in an organization. My job is to rattle the cage so to speak. To get people to think differently. If they walk out thinking the same way they walked in, we didn’t need to have the class.

Boss: … (still no verbal response)

Boss: … (thinks her subordinate is a zealot, says nothing)

Everyone in big brand organizations talks about demanding excellence.

Few people, at any level, actually do it.

Why?

Because it makes others uncomfortable.

This is especially true for front line employees. They have no power to lead the way. Bosses feel uncomfortable when a subordinate is working above reproach.

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Takes guts?

view from Portland's only floating restaurant

 

(photo: view from our final choice for food and rest)

The executive consultant said of the many sessions he’s seen around the Country, the one yesterday after lunch was the very best… “by far”.

Knowing your wheelhouse and staying focused on it is elusive to many of us, because the traditional expectations are to “do it all”.

Designing your personal organizational structure – priorities and processes – is no different than what we must do at work.

Very simply, we must ensure organizational structure is architected for world class results.

Rethink?

Takes guts?

Totally.

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If work is so much fun, why can we hardly stand it?

Eyes and Ears Central Florida publication

 

(photo: Eyes and Ears is a large Central Florida publication… it’s common to see this everywhere in the Orlando area)

If she was a chef like the mouse in Ratatouille and experimented with every type of food and crazy combinations people would call her a lunatic (until the end of the movie).

If he was Mr. Incredible and couldn’t help himself from trying to catch the bad guys even though he no longer works as a superhero people would call him a freak (until the end of the movie).

If she wanted to join the men-only army to save her father, people would label her insane (until the end of the movie).

What inspires us to push through the labels and do what we feel in our heart needs to be done?

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