Hi there, Interwebs! It’s been a while.
It’s been a busy few weeks. I’m speadheading the redesign of our training program, I’m designing our performance evaluations, and I’m designing and building our tests. I presented my evaluations project to the senior VP, who was impressed enough to enthusiastically recommend it up to his boss – and assign me another major project, one he’s been looking to start for month. He’s also pleased that my department is getting on track and producing cleaner, more timely results thanks to my organized, methodical approach. I’m hoping all this will pay off when a position opens up above me soon.
The drama on my team seems to be fading. More fun, less fighting. I decided to have them create a pledge around what kind of team they want to be: how do they want to conduct themselves, treat each other, and build their environment. So far it’s going well. There’s some resistance from the group that’s at the center of the drama, because they’re not seeing the difference between a team and a group that happens to work together. More than that, they’re not sure why they should care. So I need to sell them on that a bit more.
Other than that, there’s not tons going on. I’m having fun at work, but I feel like I need there to be more than just that going on.
