Made three calls to GO today.
Purchasing - Sorry they are not in today
TAX dept for State Tax question.
Oh, they have left for the day.
It is only 2 PM, yeah just missed them?
Phone answered - research done - call back - funds arrived late but arrived.
So all that is in the office are financial people?
Oh and when I asked for someone higher up for tax and purchasing _ Yup not in the office today. What a joke!
Chilling at their vacation home sipping chianti and smoking cigars
Headcount reduction + Forced PTO = nobody home.
"Top 10" leadership characteristics
Ask why and what, before asking how.
Practice Respectful Candor (pt. 1): with those in the room.
Practice Respectful Candor (pt. 2): with those not present.
Abandon the world of judgment, of others and yourself.
Be yourself. Improve yourself. Don’t “fake it ‘till you make it”. You’ll be found out.
My favorite of Covey’s 7 Habits: seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Manage your time strategically. Find time for all Follettellians. Forget the hierarchy.
Read widely – from woodworking to world history – and ask yourself how different perspectives can make you a better leader.
Control is a poor substitute for accountability.
Practice persistence and patience, but mostly persistence.
Holidays man
Slothing